B. WIDENING AND DEEPENING OF TAX BASE

Entities to apply for Permanent Account Number in certain cases

Section 139A inter-alia provides that every person specified therein and who has not been allotted a permanent account number shall apply to the Assessing Officer for allotment of a Permanent Account Number (PAN).

In order to use PAN as Unique Entity Number (UEN) for non-individual entities, it is proposed that every person, not being an individual, which enters into a financial transaction of an amount aggregating to two lakh and fifty thousand rupees or more in a financial year shall be required to apply to the Assessing Officer for allotment of PAN.

In order to link the financial transactions with the natural persons, it is also proposed that the managing director, director, partner, trustee, author, founder, karta, chief executive officer, principal officer or office bearer or any person competent to act on behalf of such entities shall also apply to the Assessing Officer for allotment of PAN.

This amendment will take effect from lst April, 2018.

[Clause 42]

 

Permanent Account Number as Unique Entity Number: non-individuals and designated representatives must obtain PAN to enable transaction linkage. Non-individual entities undertaking financial transactions above a prescribed annual threshold must apply to the Assessing Officer for allotment of PAN to serve as a Unique Entity Number, and specified senior representatives or persons competent to act for such entities must also obtain PAN to enable linkage of entity transactions with natural persons; the amendment takes effect from 1st April, 2018.