PURCHASES BILL BUT PAN NOT AVAILABLE

[pk singhal]

SIR IN MY FIRM SCRUTINY CASE ITO DEMANDING PAN NO. OF ALL CREDITOR. BUT I AM UNABLE TO GIVE PAN NO. OF CREDITOR. I HAVE GIVEN MY PUR BILL AND BANK STATEMENT AND LEDGER OF CREDITOR. CAN ITO MAKE ADDITION IN INCOME IF I WILL NOT GIVE ANY PAN NO. OF CREDITORS.

AI Summary

Income Tax Officer demands creditor PANs; consider using GST numbers to extract PAN details from suppliers. In a discussion forum, an individual raised a query about a scrutiny case where the Income Tax Officer (ITO) is demanding the PAN numbers of all creditors. The individual provided purchase bills, bank statements, and creditor ledgers but lacks the PAN details. A respondent suggested using the GST number of the suppliers, as the third to twelfth digits of the GST number correspond to the supplier's PAN.