Grievances associated with PAN

The grievances associated with PAN are listed below:

• Incorrect name on PAN card
• Incorrect address on PAN card
• Wrong photograph on PAN card
• PAN not received after submitting the PAN application
• Permanent Account Number received but card not received

The grievances mechanism of Income Tax Department is robust. It allows the PAN card holder to post queries and grievances associated with PAN. The procedure for voicing grievances linked with PAN is described below-

• Visit official PAN Grievances webpage
• Choose the nature of complaint
• Enter the PAN number
• Choose the portal through which you applied for PAN(UTIITSL/NSDL)
• Fill in your personal details like name, father’s name, date of birth
• Share your email for correspondence
• Enter the date when you applied for PAN
• Enter the grievance in detail

The mechanism for Grievance Control for PAN

Individuals and other entities that own PAN cards can solve the issued linked with their PAN card by voicing their grievances through the official website of income tax department. The Income Tax Department introduced the online PAN Grievances cell to make the procedure of expressing grievances easier for the PAN card holders. You can either log in to the Income Tax Department official website or go to the TIN-NSDL website to provide the details of your issue linked with PAN. To file issues regarding PAN in the TIN-NSDL website, you'll be required to give details like name, date of birth and communication address along with the complaint pertaining to PAN.

Process to file PAN-related Grievances

Through the Income Tax Department Official Website

You can follow these steps to register you PAN-related grievances through the official website of Income Tax Department

• Log in to the official website of Income Tax Department
• Navigate to the PAN grievances section
• Choose the nature of the complaint
• Enter the acknowledgment number or PAN card number
• Fill in personal details like name, date of birth, father's name, phone number, communication address etc
• Fill in your email ID
• Enter the date on which you applied for PAN
• Explain the issue in detail and fill in any additional information linked with the issue

How to know the status of PAN Grievance

After submitting the PAN-related grievance, the individual will be given a coupon number that can be used to check the status of the grievance that is intimated by the PAN card holder.

The complainant has to login to the official website of Income Tax Department and enter the complaint/coupon number to check the status of their complaint.