Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

Central Board of Direct Taxes

New Delhi, 22nd July, 2016.

Sub :- Ease of Doing Business – Paperless PAN & TAN application process.

For fast tracking the allotment of PAN and TAN to company applicants, Digital Signature Certificate(DSC) based application procedure has been introduced on the portals of PAN service providers M/s NSDL eGov and M/s UTIITSL. Under the new process PAN and TAN will be allotted within one day after completion of valid on-line application.

Similarly, a new Aadhaar e-Signature based application process for Individual PAN applicants has been made available on the portals of PAN service providers M/s NSDL eGov. The URL links for the above applications are available in ‘important links’ on the homepage of the departmental website ‘incometaxindia.gov.in’.

Introduction of Aadhaar based e-Signature through M/s NSDL eGov in PAN application not only ensures paperless hassle free PAN application process but also seeding of Aadhaar in PAN which will curb the problem of duplicate PAN to a great extent.

(Meenakshi J. Goswami)

Commissioner of Income Tax

(Media and Technical Policy)

Official Spokesperson, CBDT.

Paperless PAN and TAN application: digital signature and Aadhaar e-sign enable rapid allotment and reduced duplicate PANs. Paperless PAN and TAN application processes introduce a DSC-based online application route for company applicants and an Aadhaar e-Signature based process for individual PAN applicants, enabling paperless applications, rapid allotment upon valid online submission, and seeding of Aadhaar with PAN to reduce duplicate PAN issuance.