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Permanent Account Number Permanent Account Number (PAN) is unique Agency overview alphanumeric Formed 1961 combination issued to all Jurisdiction Indian Income Tax juristic entities Department identifiable under the Indian Income Tax Act Headquarters New Delhi 1961. It is issued by the Website Indian Income Tax www.incometaxindia.gov.in/PAN Department under the /Overview.asp auspices of the Central (http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in Board for Direct Taxes /PAN/Overview.asp) (CBDT) and is almost equivalent to a national Republic of India identification number. It also serves as an important ID proof.
This number is almost mandatory for financial transactions such as opening a bank account, receiving taxable salary or professional fees, sale or purchase of assets above specified limits. The primary purpose of PAN is to bring a universal identification key factor for all financial transactions and indirectly prevent tax evasion by keeping a track of monetary transactions of high net worth individuals. The PAN is unique, national, and permanent. It is unaffected by a change of address, even between states.
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This number can be considered to be similar to Social security number issued in United States to citizens and other legal residents[citation needed ].
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character is "P" or (b) of the name of the Entity/ Trust/ Society/ Organisation in the case of Company/ HUF/ Firm/ AOP/ BOI/ Local Authority/ Artificial Jurdical Person/ Govt, where the fourth character is "C","H","F","A","T","B","L","J","G". Nowadays, DOI (Date of Issue) of PAN Card is mentioned at the right (vertical) hand side of the photo on pan card.
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See also
Fringe Benefits Tax (India) Indian Revenue Service Tax Deduction Account Number
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Indian Income Tax Department Website (http://incometaxindia.gov.in/) Permanent account number (http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/PAN/Overview.asp) overview from Income Tax India Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Permanent_account_number" Categories: Taxation in India | Executive branch of the Indian government This page was last modified on 13 January 2011 at 21:09. Text is available under the Creative Commons AttributionShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia
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