Online PAN Verification

To enable eligible Entities verify Permanent Account Numbers (PANs), Income Tax Department (ITD) has authorized Protean eGov Technologies Limited (Protean ) to launch an online PAN verification service for verification of PANs by authorized entities.

Entities who can avail of this facility:

• PFRDA approved Point of Presence (For Online Platform)
• Direct (Life & General) Brokers approved by IRDAI
• RBI approved Authorised Dealer – Category II
• Mutual Fund Advisor
• Registrar & Transfer agents approved by SEBI
• Investment Advisor approved by SEBI
• Banks
• Insurance Web Aggregators
• Non Banking Financial Companies approved by RBI
• Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers approved by RBI
• Housing Finance Companies
• Insurance Company
• Insurance Repository
• Companies and Government deductor (Required to file TDS/TCS return)*
• Mutual Funds
• Credit card Companies / Institutions
• Central Recordkeeping Agency of National Pension System
• DSC issuing Authorities
• Depository Participants
• Credit information companies approved by RBI
• KYC Registration Agency (KRA)/Central KYC Registry
• Educational Institutions established by Regulatory Bodies
• Companies (Required to furnish Annual Information Return (AIR)/Statement of Financial Transaction (SFT)
• Any other entity required to furnish Annual Information Return (AIR)/Statement of Financial Transaction (SFT)
• Stock Exchanges/Commodity Exchanges/Clearing Corporations
• Goods and Services Tax Network
• Depositories
• Government Agencies (Central/State)
• Income Tax Projects
• Reserve Bank of India
• Department of Commercial Taxes
• Stamp and Registration Department
• Central Vigilance Commission
• Payments Bank approved by RBI
• Payment And Settlement System Operators authorized by RBI
• Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
• PFMS

*Note: To register under the category “Companies and Government Deductor (Required to file TDS/TCS return)”, entities must have more than 500 deductee/collectee counts displayed on Provisional receipts in a quarter. Counts of deductee/collectee will be vetted at the time of applying for Online PAN verification facility.

Service

This service has three modes of verification:

1. Screen based verification
2. File and Screen 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 and Screen based Verification:

The users, after login, can upload a file containing maximum of 1000 PANs (file structure as specified by Protean ). 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 e-Gov will forward the same to ITD for investigation.

Response to the User

• Existing & Valid
• Existing & Valid marked with event
• Record (PAN) Not Found in ITD Database/Invalid PAN
• Deleted
• Deactivated PAN
• Fake PAN

• Yes (if matching)
• No (if not matching)

• Yes (if matching)
• No (if not matching)

• Operative
• Inoperative
• Not applicable

For PANs being verified by Department of Commercial Taxes (DCT), an additional field Father’s name is required to be sent in Input along with all above input fields and ‘Matching status of Father’s name’ will be provided in the response along with all above output fields.