Are QFIs required to obtain PAN Card to comply with tax norms in India? What are the benefits to QFIs of having a PAN Card? How QFIs can apply for a PAN Card? Can QFIs make an On-line application for PAN Card? What are the attestation requirements for a QFI for obtaining PAN card? What are the tax related responsibilities of Qualified Depository Participants (QDPs)?

Consequence of not having PAN – PAN is not restricted to people who are above the age of 18 or citizens of India. Every individual who has a source of income and files income-tax returns or intends to enter financial transactions in India requires PA

This application should be used when PAN has already been allotted to the applicant but applicant requires a PAN card. A new PAN card bearing the same PAN is issued to applicant. While filling this form, applicant should not select any of the check boxes on the left margin of the form. However, the check box for Item no. 7. Address for communication will be selected by default as this address will be updated in the records of ITD.

Recently I have faced a very interesting situation. I have to file ITR of one of my client online. My client is a HUF and his turnover is more then Tax Audit limit so as per Recent Income tax circular, I was required to file his Income Tax Return online. While filling ITR I needed his date of birth or say incorporation date so I checked his PAN card to know the same as per Income Tax Record, when I checked the PAN card the date of birth mentioned on it was for my surprise written as ,ANCESTRAL,.

Permanent Account Number is basically a method of identifying a taxpayer on the computer system through a unique All-India number so that all information relating to that taxpayer, e.g. taxes paid, refunds issued, outstanding arrears, income disclose

You forgot your Pan and do not have your PAN card too then you may be wondering how to know the PAN allotted by Income Tax Department to you. Here we would discuss trick of knowing the PAN with the help of your name and date of birth.

Some times we found difficulties while registering with e-filling website. When we enter the Permanent Account Number (PAN) for registration purpose and other details, it shows error in name , that it’s not matching with the data registered with IT department. What to do? How to know the name of the person, which matches exactly with Income Tax Records? Here we would discuss two methods by which we can know the name of person exactly the same as in Income Tax records if we have his PAN.

Nowadays Income tax department is issuing notice to the under section 272B of Income Tax Act 1961, to the Assessee’s who filed their Income tax Return, but filled wrong PAN or not filled PAN in their Income tax Returns . Under section 272B Assessing office can impose a penalty of Rs. 10,000/- on Assessee for wrong quoting or non-quoting of PAN in Income Tax Return. Now a question arises what should Assessee reply if he filled wrong PAN or failed to file PAN? We are producing below a standard format of reply to the Assessing Officer which Assessee may use if they received any such notice from Income Tax Department.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has framed following criteria for declaring any financial institution as a Public Financial Institution (PFI) under under section 4a of the Companies Act,1956: Decided that with effect from 12th June, 2011, all DIN-1 & DIN-4 applications has to be digitally signed by the practicing Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries or Cost Accountants who shall also verify the particulars of the applicant given in the applications. All these applications will be approved online.

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) told insurance companies to abstain form doing business with 884 corporate agents who had not registered their PAN (permanent account number) with the agency licensing web portal.