WE ARE ONE OF THE STATE GOVT DEPT AND DEDUCTING TDS FOR RENT FOR OUR BUILDING WHILE WE ARE FILING RETURN IT APPEARS THAT IT IS MANDATORY TO PROVIDE PAN NO. SINCE FROM INCEPTION OF OUR ORGANISATION WE DONT APPLY PAN BECAUSE WE DONT REQUIRED KINDLY HELP US IN FILING OUR TDS RETURN WITHOUT PAN.
02 July 2013
Vishnu. There is no need to obtain PAN for Govt Organisations. For Quoting PAN in ETDS Returns you should give "PANNOTREQD". Please give as it is I give, dont expand it. This is the acceptable syntax in ETDS returns.