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Reading a pan no.

yashsr (CA) (2285 Points)

15 March 2012

What can be found out from the 10 digit pan no.? All I know is that the 4th letter stands for the status eg. P for Personal, F for Firm, C for Company, T for Trusts etc.

But can we find out anything else from any other digit? Like location etc.?

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pratik upadhyay (AUDIT COMPLIANCE OFFICER) (469 Points)
Replied 15 March 2012

5th letter stands for name of concern.(in individual's case its surname)

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MOHAN G (CS Final) (629 Points)
Replied 15 March 2012

1. The first five fields are called the core fields and are alphabetical in nature.

2. The first three letters of the core field are an alphabetical series running from AAA to ZZZ.

3. The forth character of the PAN must be one of the following, depending on the type of assesse:

C – Company

P – Person

H — HUF (Hindu Undivided Family)

F — Firm

A — Association of Persons (AOP)

T — AOP (Trust)

B — Body of Individuals (BOI)

L — Local Authority

J — Artificial Juridical Person

G — Govt

(Example – Company = AAACA; Artificial Juridical Person = AAAJA; HUF = AAAHA; etc.)

4. The fifth character of the PAN is the first character of the following:

a) Your surname in the case of “P” or;

b) For all others you would use the first letter of the name of the Entity, Trust, Society, Organization, HUF, etc.

(Example - Lisa Chanamolu [Personal] = AAAPC4444A; Lisa Chanamolu [HUF] = AAAHL4444A; General Firm = AAAFG4444A; etc.)

5. The next four numbers are sequential numbers running from 0001 to 9999.

6. The last digit is an alphabetic check digit.

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yashsr (CA) (2285 Points)
Replied 15 March 2012

Thanks!

So this means only the 4th and 5th letter depend upon the constitution and name of the assessee. The rest are just randonly created alphabets/numbers, correct? Obviously, the first five are alphabets, next 4 are digits and again the last one is an alphabet, but apart from the above 2, all are just random?