PAN APPLICATION
- PAN stands for Permanent Account Number issued by Income Tax Department under Income Tax Act, 1961.
- Individuals, Firm, Company, Association of persons, Body of Individual, Hindu Undivided Family, co-operative society, Government Agencies, Artificial Juridical Person, Local Authority, Limited Liability Partnership, Trust and all those whose income are taxable under the Income Tax Act, 1961 are required to acquire a PAN Card.
- PAN has become almost mandatory, as its not just a reference number for income tax purpose but over a period it has became mandatory for many other utilities say other tax registrations, bank account opening, foreign travels, obtaining loan from Bank/NBFC, buying Mutual Funds, mandatory for making payment for more than Rs.50,000/- for many utility payments, buying and selling securities, property purchase, etc.
- PAN application must be made for allotment of TAN in Form 49A along with the required supporting documents
TAN APPLICATION
- TAN or Tax Deduction and Collection Number (TAN) is mandatory 10-digit alpha numeric number required to be obtained by all persons who are responsible for Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) or Tax Collection at Source (TCS) on behalf of the Government.
- Tax deducted at source (TDS) ensures that the Government's collection of tax is proposed and the responsibility for paying tax is diversified.
- The person deducting the tax at source is required to deposit the tax deducted to the credit of Central Government - quoting the TAN number.
- Application must be made for allotment of TAN in Form 49B along with the required supporting documents.
- Based on the application, the TAN will be allotted to the entity and the entity must quote the TAN in all TDS/TCS returns, TDS/TCS payment challans and all TDS/TCS Certificates