PAN Card Details Correction: Apply for changes in offline or online mode - Know how

PAN Card holds a PAN or ​​Permanent Account Number which is a ten-digit unique alphanumeric number issued by the Income Tax Department. It enables the department to link all transactions of the assessee or income tax payer with the department.

These transactions include tax payments, TDS/TCS credits, returns of income, specified transactions, correspondence among others. It also facilitates easy retrieval of information of assessee and matching of various investments, borrowings and other business activities of assessee.​

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As PAN is so important, all the information on PAN about the PAN card holder should be correct. The PAN holders must be acquainted with what to do in case there has been a mistake on the PAN card or if there is any change in the details on the PAN that have been provided at the time of obtaining it.

A PAN card holder can apply for correction in both offline and online modes. For making PAN corrections in the offline mode, one has to submit the "Request For New PAN Card Or/ And Changes or Correction in PAN Data" form at the nearest PAN facilitation centre, as per the information provided by the Income Tax Department.

Now in case of making the corrections in the online mode, one has to request For New PAN Card Or/ And Changes or Correction in PAN Data:

1) Online through NSDL at onlineservices.nsdl.com/paam/endUserRegisterContact.html

2) Online through UTIITSL at myutiitsl.com/PAN_ONLINE/CSFPANApp

A PAN card holder can download the PDF from incometaxindia.gov.in/Documents/form-for-changes-in-pan.pdf​​.

It must be noted that in case of any change in the PAN database, that is, the details provided at the time of obtaining the PAN must be intimated to the Income-tax Department by furnishing the details in the form for “Request For New PAN Card Or/ And Changes or Correction in PAN Data”.