Applying for Permanent Account Number (PAN) in India

Last year when i applied for a PAN through online, It was new to most of my colleagues and mostly people were applying through some agents paying 300 - 600 rs which costed just the 65 rs for me.

Then i helped numerous people to get the PAN. Now i think this would be an apt place to write about how you could apply for a PAN through online.


There are namely two sites which are needed for you to apply for PAN

http://tin.nsdl.com

http://www.incometaxtn.gov.in

Step 1

http://tin.nsdl.com

This link is for applying new PAN, when you enter the link , you can see a box with "Online Services" where you can select "PAN Application" from the drop down.

Step 2

First Step will lead you to a page where you can select "Online Application for New PAN (Form 49A)".

Step 3
Step two will lead to a page where you can see instructions on how to fill the application form. At the bottom of the page there will be a box on which you can select "Individual".

Step 4
Now you are in Form 49A - PAN Application, Those fields marked with * are essentials. In the top right hand side you can see four boxes with * mark. "Area Code, AO Type, Range Code, AO Number" to fill these boxes, once again go to the first page (Step 1), you can see "Detailed Search" at the right hand side bottom. Select "PAN AO Code" from the drop down.


Step 5

Step 4 will open a new page, Click on the First letter of your City given at the bottom of the page (example click on C for Chennai). In the popup page click on the city name. This will once again lead to a new page, where you can see

Ward/Circle/Range/ Commissioner

Description

Area Code

AO Type

Range Code

AO Numbe

Now you have to know your Ward/Circle/Range/Commissioner to get exact Area Code
for go to the Second Link

http://www.incometaxtn.gov.in

(Note : If you can understand the Description, you can easily get the Area Code and other details , if so skip the Step 6)

Step 6

In this link click on the Menu "Locator" , Each click following will open a new page
Click on the "know you officer" on this page

Click on the distirct or city you belong to
(Example : Chennai City)

Click on the Category you belong to
(Example: Salary)

Click on the sector on which your company falls
(Example : Private Sector Employees)

Click on the income range you belong to
(Example : Income >= 2,00,000)

Click on the range in between your names first letter falls
(Example: First Alphabet of name - L - R).

Now you can see the "office" column and get the required information (Example: DCIT SALARY CIRCLE V CHENNAI).

Step 7

Use the details you gathered from Office column to locate the Area Code and other details in the page from Step 5. For Example for DCIT SALARY CIRCLE V CHENNAI it will be

CHE

C

275

1

Fill the same in the Application form.

Step 8

I Guess all other details you can fill in the form, last but not least use credit card rather than cash payment, since by paying through credit card you will get the Pan Number in 5 Days through mail. Once you finsihed with the details , you have to get the printed copy of the Acknowlegement generated at the end of this transaction, Paste a Photo and with the proof's you have mentioned in the form, send the same to Income tax department, mailing address is given in the acknowledgement itself, donot forget to mention your acknowlegement Number in the top of the Mailing Cover. Note down the Acknowledgement number, it will be used in future for tracking the status of the PAN.

I guess this information is more than enough for applying new PAN. If you think you can add some information please put some comments.

Happy Taxing