Digital-Divide/D0/Introduction-to-PAN-Card/English

Title of script: Introduction to PAN card

Author: Arthi Anbalagan

Keywords: What is a PAN Card, Structure and validation

Visual Cue	Narration
Opening slide	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Introduction to PAN card
Learning Objectives (Slide 1)	In this tutorial we will learn About PAN card Structure and validation of PAN card Need for a PAN card and To know your PAN card
What is a PAN card (Slide 2) Animate P, A, N and form the words Permanent Account Number	PAN stands for Permanent Account Number
Show an image of a PAN Card	This is how a PAN card looks like.
Zoom in to show the ten digit number	It is a ten digit alphanumeric combination issued to all juristic entities
Show the IT Dept logo (Slide 3)	It is issued by the Indian Income Tax Department [[Image:]]
Purpose of PAN card (Slide 4)	The most important purpose of allotting PAN card is For the purpose of identification and To track all the monetary information of that entity.
Facts about PAN card (Slide 5)	PAN is unique, national and permanent It is unaffected by the change of address It is illegal to own more than one PAN
Who all can get a PAN card? (Slide 6) Animator Cue: For each type, show the relevant image. As before change the name, no. and d-o-b. Image 1 Animate the words and show along with the card images.	Who all can get a PAN card? Person Company HUF Trust and many other bodies
Why do we need a PAN card? (Slide 7) Display your PAN Card and circle your photo and your name	Why do we need a PAN card? PAN card acts as an important photo-ID proof
Image of Bank Account Opening Form Zoom into the PAN Card details field	PAN card helps in transactions like opening a bank account,....
Images of house, car.	...buying or selling of assets, etc.
Why do we need a PAN card?	Why do we need a PAN card? Pan Card is used for accounting purposes on receivable taxable salary Aids in filing of Income Tax Returns Used as a documentary proof for opening DEMAT Account for share trading
Why do we need a PAN card?	It is used as a documentary proof for bank withdrawals exceeding Rs.50, 000
Why do we need a PAN card?	It is a tool that helps the IT Dept to keep a check over tax defaulters. This is done by indirectly tracking their credit history.
Why do we need a PAN card?	Used as a documentary proof for availing TDS (Tax Deductions at Source)
Images of Passport	Documentary evidence to apply for passport
Show 2 addresses of the same person (same name) Show a PAN Card image with that name	address changes
	and for obtaining other such relevant documents
Image of FD Account Opening Form	For fixed deposits of more than Rs.50,000
Why do we need a PAN card? Image of a hotel and an aeroplane.... ABC Airlines ABC Hotel	Payment of hotel bills and travel expenses exceeding Rs.25,000
Credit card application form	Application for issue of a credit card
Telephone application form	Application of telephone connection
Structure and Validation (Slide 8) Image of PAN Card Animation of the 10-digit no.	PAN structure is as follows: AAAAA9999A First five characters are letters, next 4 numerals, last character letter. The first three letters are sequence of alphabets from AAA to ZZZ.
Structure and Validation Animation of the 4 character for each alphabet [[Image:]]	The fourth character informs about the type of holder of the card. Each assess is uniquely P — Person C — Company H — HUF(Hindu Undivided Family) F — Firm A — (AOP) Association of Persons T — Trust B — Body of Individuals (BOI) L — Local Authority J — Artificial Juridical Person G — Government
Structure and Validation Display your PAN Card and zoom into the 5th character Circle the surname Draw an arrow to the 5th character and circle it	The fifth character of the PAN is (a) the first character of the surname / last name of the person, in the case of a "Personal" PAN card In the image shown, the surname is Yadav. Therefore, the 5th character is Y.
Use Image 1 here	or (b) the name of the Entity/ Trust/ Society/ Organization in the case of Company/ HUF/ Firm or any other types of PAN Cards. In the image shown, the name of the trust is Shanoz. Therefore, the 5th character is S.
Structure and Validations Show the last character	The last character is an alphabetic check digit.
Point to the date of issue in the PAN card image.	* The DOI (Date of Issue) of PAN card is mentioned at the right (vertical) hand side of the PAN card.
Switch to the website	You can verify or validate new and existing PAN numbers by visiting https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/e-Filing/Services/KnowYourPanLink.html
Summary	Let us summarise. In this tutorial we have learnt About PAN card Structure and Validation of PAN card Need for a PAN card and To know your PAN card
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Acknowledgment	We have come to the end of this tutorial. This is Arthi signing off from IIT Bombay Thanks for joining.

Contributors and Content Editors

Arthi, Nancyvarkey