Question 1

Does PAN Card necessary for all citizens of India?

Accepted Answer

Any individual with yearly income exceeds the basic exemption limit (Rs 2 lakh at present) or any organization/business exceed turnover of Rs 5 lakh is required to obtain a Permanent Account Number (PAN) by the Income-tax Act in India.
In addition; importers, exporters and persons liable to excise duty, service tax and sales tax is also required to have a PAN Card.
Note that if you do not have a PAN Card,

The law made it mandatory for payers to withhold tax at higher ratesfor all your payments. This include your salary, bank interest or any other income.
Permanent Account Number (PAN) is made compulsory from many cash transactions. The list of these transaction is keep growing. For example; it is required to provide your PAN number while payinghotel bills or buying air tickets for foreign travels of Rs 50000 and above.

So the answer to your question is; no it’s not necessary but if you are liable to pay income tax, then yes it’s required.
Similar Questions:
Is PAN number is mandatory for LehLadakh (J&K) people?
The above answer is applicable for people from all states in India including Jammu & Kashmir.

Question 2

I am applying for a PAN Card. I would like the card to be mailed to an address different than the one on my current passport. Is it possible?

Accepted Answer

Your PAN Card will be made available to you on the address which you have mentioned on the PAN Card Form. You can not choose separate mailing address.

Question 3

Can any changes be made in the details of my PAN Card like change of date of birth?

Accepted Answer

Yes, but you need to provide proof for any change in PAN Card with all necessary documents with PAN Card Change Request Form online at NSDL website or by visiting NSDL Center in your town.

Question 4

Is PAN Card mandatory for opening a salary account in any bank?

Accepted Answer

To open an account in any bank in Indiayou will need either PAN Numberor Form 60/61 (where PAN Number is not available).
Note that Form 60 is the “form of declaration to be filed by a person who does not have a permanent account number and who enters into any transaction specified in rule 114B”.
The declaration in the form says “I am aware that as per the CBDT circular no. 03/2011, TDS certificates in Form 16 A will be generated only from the Tax Information Network (TIN) website for customers who have updated their Permanent Account Number (PAN) with the Bank. I understand, agree and accept that until I update my Permanent Account Number (PAN) with the Bank N.A; my TDS certificates shall not be generated from the TIN website. I further agree and confirm that I shall not hold the bank liable/responsible in any manner including issuance of any TDS certificate or for rectification thereof during this period.”

Question 5

I have got two PAN Cards. How do return or close the duplicate PAN Card?

Accepted Answer

Detail: Iapplied for a PAN CARD many days back. But I didn't received the card. So I approached NSDlcenter and applied for anew card. I got it in 8 days. After few days I received another card which I had applied earlier. How to I return one card?
There are two different thing here. A Permanent Account Number (PAN) and a PAN Card. You have two PAN Cards. Please check if both the card have exact same PAN Number. If the number is same, you are good. You don't have to do anything. You can keep both the cards.
If the PAN number in both the cards are different, then you will have to surrender one of the PAN Number as soon as possible.
It's illegal for a person or company to have more than one PAN Number. If caught, Income Tax Department can take a legal action or put financial penalties.
As this happed accidently with you, here are ways to surrender the duplicate PAN Number:

Manually Submitting the Application

Write a letter to this effect to the assessing officer under whose jurisdiction you have been filing your returns. The letter must contain details such as your name, contact details, details of the PAN Card to be retained, details of the duplicate PAN Card(s) which you need to surrender, etc.Keep the acknowledgement copy of the letter that you have filed with the I-T department, stating that you are surrendering your additional PAN.That is sufficient as proof of surrender and no additional confirmation from the I-T authorities is required.On receipt of the acknowledgement, there is no need for you to wait for intimation from the income tax department considering that the PAN submitted has now been cancelled by them.The acknowledgment copy of the letter submitted will more than solve the purpose.
Manually Fill the Form No. 49A for change/Correction in correction in PAN and submit the same at your nearest UTI pan centers or NSDL TIN Facilitation centers. See point no. 10 in that form where you can fill the additional PAN number you want to cancel. Tick the box in front of point No 10.

OnlineApplication

Visit NSDL website using followinglink and fill the detail in the Change Request Form:
NSDL PAN Service

Question 6

Do i need new PAN Card to open a new paypal account

Accepted Answer

Can I have new PAN Card Number? The problem is, I used my HDFC bank for Paypal transactions. Due to contractionof policies between HDFCBank and Paypal, my Paypal account got banned. Now I wantto obtain new PAN Card to open a new Paypal account. 
 
No, you shouldnot apply for a new Permanent Account Number (PAN). The PAN is unique to each individual and is valid for the life time of the holder.
The holding of more than one PAN Card by individuals is illegal. In case, the individual or company fail in this regard, government could send a legal notice and can impose a penalty amounting to Rs. 10,000.
As you are saying the there is a contraction of policies between HDFC and Paypal then in that concern you need to clarify from their officials only. Having a different PAN Number will not help in any way.

Question 7

What is the minimum age for applying a PAN Card?

Accepted Answer

There is no minimum and maximum age to apply for PAN Card.Anyone with all required valid documentations can get the PAN Card.
One of the main purpose of PAN Card is for tax filing in India. If you have a 1 month old kid and he/she have source of earning which is taxable, you are required to get a PAN Number for him/her.

Question 8

What are the documents to be submitted for Proprietorship concern and partnership concern for obtain the PAN Card?

Accepted Answer

Proprietorship
The PAN Card of an individual is used for Proprietorship also; the documents that are required are for an individual and not for Proprietorship.
Partnership Firm / LLP (Limited Liability Partnership)
A partnership firm and LLP (Limited Liability Partnership) should apply for Permanent Account Number orPAN Card. The Application Form (Form 49A) for PAN Card for partnership firm and LLP is same as for Individual.
Please keep in mind following special instructions which applying PAN Card Partnership Firm:

Complete name of partnership firm and LLP should be written in the space provided for ‘Last Name / Surname’ in application form.
Application will be signed by any one partner partnership firm and LLP by black ink.
No photo of partner will be required but signature of partner should be made at 3 same places as in case of individual.
A copy of Partnership Deed or registration certificate will be required with the hard copy of application.
Date of creation of partnership firm and LLP will be the date of birth of partnership firm and LLP as mentioned in the Partnership Deed.

Question 9

Is there any format for certificate of identity from gazetted officer to apply for PAN Card?

Accepted Answer

Annexure -A (Certificate to be used by a Member of Parliament/Member of Legislative Assembly / Municipal Councillor or Gazetted Officer under sub-rule (4) of rule 114 of the Income-tax Rules, 1962)
You can download the format using below link from NSDL website:
https://www.tin-nsdl.com/download/Format-of-Gazette-Certificate_03082012.pdf

Question 10

Can I use marriage certificate as proof of identity and my electricity bill as proof of address?

Accepted Answer

I want to get new PAN Card for my wife with her name after marriage. Can I use marriage certificate as proof of identity and my electricity bill as proof of address? What documents will be required to apply for PAN Card in this case?
Yes, you can use marriage certificate as proof of identity, but you cannot use your electricity bill as proof of address as it does not have the name of the applicant.
Please check the PAN Card application form with the detail list of allowed documents you can use.
Simply visit NSDL PAN Service

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