To enable eligible Entities verify Permanent Account
Numbers (PANs), Income Tax Department (ITD) has authorized NSDL
e-Governance Infrastructure Limited (NSDL) to launch an online PAN
verification service for verification of PANs by authorized entities.
Entities who can avail of this facility:
- Department of Commercial Taxes
- Government Agencies (Central/State)
- Reserve Bank of India
- Banks
- Depositories
- Depository Participants
- Mutual Funds
- Companies (Required to furnish Annual Information Return)
- Credit card Companies / Institutions
- Any other entity required to furnish Annual Information Return
- Stock Exchanges
- Companies and Government deductor (Required to file TDS/TCS return)
- Insurance Company
- Educational Institutions established by Regulatory Bodies
- KYC Registration Agency (KRA)
Service
This service has three modes of verification:
(1) Screen based verification
(2) File based verification
(3) Software (API) based verification
(1) Screen based verification
(2) File based verification
(3) Software (API) based verification
(1) Screen based verification: The users, after login, can furnish up to a
maximum of five PANs in the screen provided. The PANs may be entered in
the boxes provided in the screen and then submitted. The response giving
details of PAN will be displayed in the response screen.
(2) File based verification: The users, after login, can upload a file
containing maximum of 1000 PANs (file structure as specified by NSDL).
The site will make available, within 24 hours, a response file
containing details of the PANs. In case, file format is incorrect, the
system will convey the rejection within 24 hours. The entity can
download the response at his convenience up to 15 days.
(3) Software (API) based PAN verification: The facility is an interface that allows the user
to make an online verification of PAN by accessing the
verification-site through a software application.
Response to the User
- In case of valid PAN, name of the PAN holder, last date of PAN update as per ITD database and the status as “existing and valid” will be displayed. If the PAN is a fake PAN as per ITD database, the status will be shown as “Fake PAN”.
- In case where category of user is Department of Commercial Taxes, valid PAN, name of the PAN holder, Date of Birth, father’s name and last date of PAN update as per ITD database and the status as “existing and valid” will be displayed.
- If the PAN is a fake PAN as per ITD database, the status will be shown as “Fake PAN”.
- In case the PAN is not found in database, the response will be “not in ITD database”. In such cases, if the user is able to provide a proof of this PAN (copy of PAN card or PAN allotment letter), NSDL will forward the same to ITD for investigation.
