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Procedure for pan allotment process to change from Feb

Updated: Jan 24, 2014 04:09:02pm
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New Delhi, Jan 24 (KNN)  The procedure for PAN allotment process will change with effect from February-3 according to a notification from the Ministry of Finance.
 
“From this date onwards (3.2.2014), every PAN applicant has to submit self-attested copies of Proof of Identity (POI), Proof of Address (POA) and Date of Birth (DOB) documents and also produce original documents of such POI/POA/DOB documents, for verification at the counter of PAN Facilitation Centres,” it said.
 
Thereafter, the copies of Proof of Identity (POI), Proof of Address (POA) and Date of Birth (DOB) documents attached with PAN application form, will be verified vis a vis their original documents at the time of submission of PAN application at PAN Facilitation Centre.
 
Original documents, it said, shall not be retained by the PAN Facilitation Centres and will be returned back to the applicant after verification.   

Permanent Account Number (PAN) is a ten-digit alphanumeric number, issued in the form of a laminated card, by the Income Tax Department.

It is mandatory to quote PAN on return of income, all correspondence with any income tax authority.  

It is also compulsory to quote PAN in all documents pertaining to financial transactions notified from time-to-time by the Central Board of Direct Taxes.

Some such transactions are sale and purchase of immovable property or motor vehicle or payments in cash, of amounts exceeding Rs. 25,000/-to hotels and restaurants or in connection with travel to any foreign country.

It is also mandatory to mention PAN for obtaining a telephone or cellular telephone connection. Likewise, PAN has to be mentioned for making a time deposit exceeding Rs. 50,000/- with a Bank or Post Office or depositing cash of Rs. 50,000/- or more in a Bank.  (KNN/ES)

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