Income Tax -PAN Correction only for two alpha and two numeric characters

By Vijay Kumar

WHILE deducting TDS, what happens if you make a mistake in the PAN of the deductee? You realise the mistake and want to correct it. A little known fact is the Income Tax Department System does not allow correction of more than four characters in the PAN.

Suppose your deductee's PAN is AABCG2414F and you mentioned AABCG4029R by mistake. Now this will not be allowed to be corrected because there is correction in 4 numeric and one alpha characters.

Strange but true! And totally illegal!