PAN Application

Permanent Account Number

A PAN is a unique identifier issued to all judicial entities identifiable under the Indian Income Tax Act, 1961. The income tax PAN and its linked card are issued under Section 139A of the Income Tax Act. It is issued by the Indian Income Tax Department under the supervision of the Central Board for Direct Taxes (CBDT) and it also serves as an important proof of identification.

PAN Structure :

The PAN (or PAN number) is a ten-character long alpha-numeric unique identifier.

The PAN structure is as follows: Fourth character [P — Individual or Person ] Example: AAAPZ1234C

  • The first five characters are letters (in uppercase by default), followed by four numerals, and the last (tenth) character is a letter.

  • The first three characters of the code are three letters forming a sequence of alphabets letters from AAA to ZZZ

  • The fourth character identifies the type of holder of the card. Each holder type is uniquely defined by a letter from the list below:

A — Association of persons (AOP)

B — Body of individuals (BOI)

C — Company

F — Firm

G — Government

H — HUF

L — Local authority

J — Artificial juridical person

P — Individual or Person

T — Trust (AOP)

  • The fifth character of the PAN is the first character of either:

    • of the surname or last name of the person, in the case of a "personal" PAN card, where the fourth character is "P" or

    • of the name of the entity, trust, society, or organization in the case of a company/HUF/firm/AOP/trust/BOI/local authority/artificial judicial person/government, where the fourth character is "C", "H", "F", "A", "T", "B", "L", "J", "G".

  • The last (tenth) character is an alphabetic digit used as a check-sum to verify the validity of that current code.

Online PAN Applications

Application for fresh allotment of PAN can be made through Internet. Further, requests for changes or correction in PAN data or request for reprint of PAN card (for an existing PAN) may also be made through Internet.

Online application can be made either through the :

Apply New / Correction PAN

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Apply New / Correction PAN

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Once the application and payment is accepted, the applicant is required to send the supporting documents through courier/post to NSDL/UTITSL. Only after the receipt of the documents, PAN application would be processed by NSDL/UTITSL.

Disclaimer : The above links are facilitated by NSDL and UTI just for your references, we are not liable at any point of time of using above link

Manual PAN Applications (PDF)

*New PAN Application Form (Indian Citizen)-

*New PAN Application (Foreign Citizen) -

*PAN Correction Form -

  • Form should be filled with the black ink

  • Fill the applicable form and submit nearest PAN facilitation center with duly signed and stamped in case of other than individual.

  • 2 Passport Size photo (incase of individual Only)

  • with self Attested Proofs (Proof of - Identity + Date of Birth + Address)

Required Documents

Firm/Company/AOP/BOI/Society/Trust/SHG/Others

Instant E-PAN (Aadhar Based)

Only Applicable to those who don't have a PAN

What is Instant (Aadhar based) PAN :

Aadhaar-based instant PAN allotment service is to allot PAN in near-real time. You are required to quote a valid Aadhaar number issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and is not linked with any PAN. The e-KYC data of that Aadhaar number is exchanged with the Unique Identification Authority of India(UIDAI). After due process of e KYC data in Income-tax database , you get a PAN.

What is E-PAN :

e-PAN is a digitally signed PAN card issued in electronic format by the Income-tax department.

Conditions For Applying Instant PAN :

  1. Mobile Number should be linked with Aadhar and that number should be in Active

  2. Ensure all the details are correct ie,. Name, DOB, etc.

  3. No other documents except Aadhar is required

Both are Valid as per CBDT notifications issued

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PAN Reprint (E-Pan / Physical PAN)

If you missed your PAN Card, no need to apply for new (However, Section 272B of the Income Tax Act clearly states that if someone has two PAN cards, he may end up paying a penalty of up to Rs 10,000)

You can have your Existing PAN only following conditions are satisfied

1.You should know your PAN Number

2.You should know your Aadhar Number

3.Aadhar Number Should be linked with PAN

4.You should know the mobile number attached with PAN

if all the above conditions are satisfied you can get your PAN reprinted either as E-Pan or Physical PAN as your request with fee.