Find out if Your PAN Card is Active or Not
- Government of India has deactivated or deleted over 11.44 lakh Permanent Account Numbers, after identifying a massive number of fake PAN cards
- Check the status of your PAN and link it with your Aadhaar card before the deadline set by government, to avoid deactivation
- You can check if your PAN is active on the Income Tax Department’s e-filing website (incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in), through the “Know Your PAN” service
- A PAN is made unique by conducting a de-duplication check on all already existing allotted PAN against the data given by a new applicant
- The Personal Account Number (PAN) is a 10-digit alphanumeric code that is assigned to Indian citizens by the Income Tax Department of India
- The PAN system of identification is a computer-based system that assigns unique identification number to every Indian tax paying entity, so no two tax-paying individuals can have the same PAN
- As per Government of India rules, it is illegal for an individual to keep multiple PANs, or for one PAN to be linked to multiple individuals
- The deadline for linking PAN to the biometrics-based identity number Aadhaar is 31st August, 2017
- PAN Card Application can be made either online at the NSDL website or by applying at any of the district level PAN agencies
