Procedure for Cancel or Surrender of Duplicate Pan Card. You can apply for surrender of PAN Offline & online under Income Tax Act, penalty for having more than one PAN is Rs 10,000. As per Income Tax Law an assessee can not hold more then one PAN Card, holding of more than one PAN card is a criminal offence as per the income tax Act. Sometimes when we lost our PAN Card then we apply for new PAN Card without knowing for offence of Duplicate PAN Card and Sometimes An Person may have been allotted multiple PAN Cards. The multiple PAN card may have been allotted to the Person or Assessee for many reasons i.e.
He may have applied multiple times for allotment of PAN and every time he has been allotted a PAN card or may have inadvertently allowed multiple PAN card by Income tax Department , NSDL or UTI. Assessee who have more than one PAN should immediately Apply for surrender of additional PAN number’s otherwise he is liable for Penalty under section 272B of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for Rs 10000/-
So Here we are providing complete procedure for Cancel or Surrender of Duplicate Pan Card.
FAQs on Surrender of Pan Card
I have been allotted more than one PAN, what is the procedure for cancellation/ surrender of other PAN(s)?
You may fill and submit PAN Change Request application form by mentioning the PAN which you are using currently on top of the form. All other PAN/s inadvertently allotted to you should be mentioned at item no. 11 of the form and the corresponding PAN card copy/s should be submitted for cancellation along with the form.
What is the procedure to cancel/surrender PAN which is being currently used?
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.
मुझे एक से अधिक पैन आवंटित किए गए हैं, इन्हें रद्द/ अभ्यर्पित (सरेंडर) करने की प्रक्रिया क्या हैं?
आप जिस पैन का वर्तमान में उपयोग कर रहें है, उसका पैन चेंज रिक्वेस्ट आवेदन फॉर्म में उल्लेख करते हुए जमा कर सकते हैं। आपके द्वारा अनजाने में आवंटित सभी अन्य पैन(नों) का उल्लेख फॉर्म के आइटम नंबर ११ में किया जाना चाहिए और फॉर्म के साथ रद्द करने के लिए संबंधित पैन कार्ड की प्रति(यां) जमा की जानी चाहिए।
वर्तमान में उपयोग किए जाने वाले पैन को रद्द/अभ्यर्पित करने की प्रक्रिया क्या है?
यदि आप अपने पैन (जो आप वर्तमान में उपयोग कर रहे हैं) को रद्द / अभ्यर्पित करना चाहते हैं, तो आपको अपने पैन को रद्द / अभ्यर्पित करने के लिए एक अनुरोध पत्र के साथ अपने स्थानीय आयकर निर्धारण अधिकारी के पास जाना होगा।
Offline Process to Surrender Duplicate PAN card
- Write a letter addressed to the Assessing Officer under whose jurisdiction your Income Tax is filed. Mention your personal details such as the full name on your PAN card, date of birth (or date of incorporation in case of companies), PAN card number to be retained and details of duplicate PAN card being surrendered.
- Post or hand over the letter to the nearest tax office and keep the acknowledgement received. The acknowledgment indicates the duplicate PAN cards have been cancelled by the Department.
- Alternatively, you could fill up Form 49A for Change or Correction in PAN and submit the form to the nearest UTI or NSDL TIN facilitation centre.