What should I do if my PAN card is deactivated?

You can activate PAN card again by following the process mentioned below:

1. Write a letter addressing the Assessing Officer (AO) for reactivation of your deactivated card.
2. Attach the self-attested copy of the deactivated PAN card.
3. Fill the Indemnity Bond in favour of the Income Tax Department.

How can I activate my PAN card?

Online P​AN Verification

1. Step-1. Logon to ‘e-Filing’ Portal https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/
2. Step-2. Click on ‘Verify Your PAN details’ hyperlink from the ‘Quick Links’ Section.
3. Step-3. Enter the PAN, Full Name (As per PAN), Date of Birth and Choose the ‘Status’ as applicable.
4. Step-4.

Can PAN be Cancelled?

If you wish to cancel/ surrender your PAN (which you are currently using), then you need to visit your local Income Tax Assessing Officer with a request letter to cancel/ surrender your PAN.

Does PAN card expire?

The PAN is valid for lifetime.

How can I activate my deactivated PAN card online?

Steps to take when your PAN gets deactivated

1. You will first have to draft and send a letter to your jurisdictional AO in the Income Tax Department requesting them to activate your PAN.
2. You will have to attach certain documents mandatorily for activating your PAN.

How many days will it take to show pan status?

Usually it takes around 21 days for the applicant to receive the Permanent Account Number after the application is filed. Under the fast tracked process, the PAN card is issued within 48 hours.

How can I check my PAN card status without Acknowledgement?

How can I check my PAN card status without an acknowledgement number?

1. Visit the official TIN-NSDL portal.
2. Select “PAN – New/Change Request” in the Application Type section.
3. Select the Name section to check PAN card status without acknowledgement number.
4. Enter your Last Name, First Name, Middle Name and Date of Birth.

Is your PAN number being deactivated by the Income Tax Department?

The income tax department in its latest drive has started de-activating PAN of all income tax assesses who were allotted more than one PAN at anytime in the past. Unfortunately, in many cases the PAN being deactivated is the PAN on which the assessees are filing their income tax returns.

What happens when your PAN card is deactivated by the ITD?

Once, the PAN is de-activated by the income tax department, the income tax e-filing login of the assessee also gets blocked and the PAN holder is not able to do anything on the Income Tax e-filing portal such as filing of Income Tax Returns, view intimations and respond electronically to various communications by the ITD.

How to reactivate a PAN card?

1. Indemnity Bond in favour of the Income Tax Department. 2. Copy of PAN on which the PAN holder is regularly filing the Income Tax Return. 3. Copy of last 3 years Income Tax Returns filed on the PAN de-activated. 4. Reactivation of PAN is 10-15 days process for Income Tax Department 5.

What should I do if my Pan has been deactivated?

If your PAN has been deactivated, your e-filing login credentials will also be blocked and hence, you will be unable to give the response. In such cases, you will need to get in touch with your Jurisdictional AO to activate your PAN as soon as possible.