PAN will be generated automatically if a taxpayer uses Aadhaar for filing returns: CBDT

TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ The Income Tax Department will automatically issue PAN to a taxpayer using Aadhaar number for filing returns as part of a new arrangement to link the two databases. According to a notification issued by the CBDT on August 30, a person who furnishes Aadhaar, as they do not have PAN, “shall be deemed” to have applied for allotment of PAN and they will not be required to apply or submit any more documents.

The rule has come into effect from September 1, it said. The notification said the tax department will “obtain demographic information of an individual from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)” for allotment of Permanent Account Number (PAN), a ten-digit alphanumeric identifier issued by it.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) frames policy for the tax department.  CBDT chairman P C Mody had told in an interview in July that the department would “suo motu” allot a fresh PAN to a person who files I-T Returns (ITR) with only Aadhaar as part of a new arrangement to link the two databases.