« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  Delhi HC Rules GST Registration Cannot Be Cancelled Retrospectively Without a Clear Show Cause Notice (SCN)  Belated income tax return AY 2026-27: How to file, late filing charges and what you may lose  Major Financial Changes from August 1, 2026: ITR Deadline, RBI MPC Meeting, Tatkal Ticket Rules & More  Government proposes to ease tax relief conditions for offshore funds  TallyPrime Connected Banking: Automating Banking and Accounting  ITR Filing Deadline 2026: Is July 31 the Last Date to File Your Income Tax Return? Latest Official Update  ITR filing deadline nears: How to file income tax return online on e-filing portal - quick 15-step guide  Will the ITR Filing Deadline Be Extended Beyond July 31 for FY 2025-26? Here's the Latest Update for Taxpayers  Income Tax Refund Delayed for AY 2026-27? 5 Common Reasons Your Refund May Be Stuck and How to Fix It  ITR Filing 2026: FM Nirmala Sitharaman Asks Tax Officials to Let Honest Taxpayers Correct Genuine Mistakes  Will Your FCNR Deposit Stay Tax-Free After Returning to India? Tax Rules Explained for NRIs «  I pay more taxes than Hrithik: Big B... Taxes touch Rs 4,70,077 cr... » Duplicate PAN cards related harassment April, 30th 2007 Lok Sabha A number of persons made multiple applications for PAN, giving particulars differently, resulting in issue of multiple PANS. With a view to cleaning the PAN database, it was decided to undertake an exercise of de-duplication of PAN. No case of harassment during the de-duplication exercise has come to governments notice. However, in a few cases difficulties in the issue of refunds due to duplication of PAN have been noted. Field offices of the Income Tax Department have been directed to complete de-duplication exercise in a time bound manner. Further, the software in this regard has been enhanced so as to speed up the de-duplication process. This information was given by Shri S.S. Palanimanickam, Minister of State for Finance in reply to a question raised by Shri Chengara Surendran in Lok Sabha today. BY /GN-219/07