Income Tax : India’s new PAN compliance framework introduces stricter documentation and verification requirements for NRIs and foreign entiti...
Income Tax : The issue involves stricter PAN application requirements removing Aadhaar-only filings. The key takeaway is that additional identi...
Income Tax : The government introduced new PAN forms to simplify application procedures and reduce errors. The update ensures better user exper...
Income Tax : The framework clarifies that relief from higher TDS/TCS applies only within specific timelines under CBDT circulars. PAN activatio...
Income Tax : Database mismatches can wrongly deactivate PAN for NRIs, resulting in higher tax withholding and significant capital blockage duri...
Income Tax : Rule 157 of the Draft Income-tax Rules, 2026 exempts specified non-residents and eligible foreign investors from obtaining PAN, su...
Income Tax : Rule 158 of the Draft Income-tax Rules, 2026 prescribes detailed PAN application forms, timelines, document requirements, and Aadh...
Income Tax : Draft Rule 159 mandates quoting or applying for PAN in specified high-value banking, securities, property and cash transactions, w...
Income Tax : PAN 2.0 to simplify PAN/TAN processes with tech upgrades. Project to launch in 18 months post MSP onboarding. India has over 81 cr...
Income Tax : Received an unknown PAN alert? Learn how to protect yourself! This article covers a taxpayer's recent dilemma with unauthorized PA...
Income Tax : The Court directed the jurisdictional authority to consider the delay condonation request after PAN transfer. It held that the app...
Income Tax : The High Court recorded that the new PAN had been cancelled and directed the petitioner to apply for restoration of the old PAN. T...
Income Tax : The ITAT relied on orders under section 148A(d) for subsequent years where reopening was dropped, holding the assessee to be a loc...
Income Tax : The tribunal allowed a remand where unexplained cash deposits were added based on a PAN-linked account. The key takeaway is that e...
Income Tax : The Court directed issuance of a new PAN after a duplicate allotment caused the petitioner’s financial record to be linked to an...
SEBI : SEBI issued clarifications after revised PAN application forms under the Income-tax Rules, 2026 created compliance challenges for ...
Income Tax : The CBDT has introduced new forms for PAN correction to ensure a uniform process. Taxpayers must now use designated forms for accu...
Company Law : The adjudicating authority penalised a company and its directors for failing to disclose allottees’ PAN in Form PAS-3. The order...
Income Tax : CBDT Circular 9/2025 offers partial relief for higher TDS/TCS on inoperative PANs, extending compliance deadlines for taxpayers wh...
Finance : NPCI mandates NACH banks to integrate a Real-Time PAN and Bank Account Validation API for government use, including the Income Tax...
Government auditor CAG today recommended tighter tax norms, including mandatory TDS, for the Indian cinema and television industry, which is estimated at over Rs 36,000 crore. Concerned over tax evasion and the need to widen tax base, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report tabled in Parliament, suggested that payments for sale of distribution rights of films and time slots to television channels should be subject to the provisions of Tax Deduction at Source (TDS).
A report says number of PAN cards far exceeds the number of tax payers. This raises concern that tax dodgers may be using multiple cards to hide income. The Income Tax ( I- T) department has issued close to 10 crore permanent account number ( PAN) cards but the number of taxpayers in the country is only one- third of this number, giving rise to serious concern that many tax dodgers are using two or more cards to conceal income.
Though in Section 68 proceedings, the initial burden of proof lies on the assessee yet once he proves the identity of the creditors/share applicants by either furnishing their PAN number or income tax assessment number and shows the genuineness of transaction by showing money in his books either by account payee cheque or by draft or by any other mode, then the onus of proof would shift to the Revenue.
The Income Tax department will process more than 40 lakh refund cases before April this year. The department has streamlined the process as the statutory time limit to process the return and issue refund in the financial year 2009-10 is March 31 an
It has been brought to our notice that for opening bank accounts of salaried employees some banks rely on a certificate / letter issued by the employer as the only KYC document for the purposes of certification of identity as well as address proof. Such a practice is open to misuse and fraught with risk.
The income tax (I-T) department is still waiting for members of Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society to submit details of the investment they have made in flats in the 31-storeyed tower. The department had issued notices to the Colaba housing society’s members asking six questions related to their flats, the investment made in them and other details such as tax returns filed and Permanent Account Numbers (PAN).
All mutual fund investors, new as well as existing, will need to mandatorily furnish their PAN (Permanent Account Number) details from next year irrespective of the size of their investment. The move is part of the revised Know-Your-Customer (KYC) co
Non-resident individuals and organisations need to have a Permanent Account Number (PAN) number if they receive an income and need to file returns in India. PAN is issued by the Income Tax (IT) Department to all assessees and quoting of PAN is compulsory in all returns filed with the IT department.
Close to five lakh demat accounts have been frozen by the Central Depository Services Ltd (CDSL) and the National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) for want of PAN details. This makes up for about three per cent of the total number of demat accounts i
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.
