« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  Mock Test Papers Series - I & II for Students appearing in CA Foundation January 2027 Examination.  Income Tax Rules 2026: CBDT Introduces Revised Form 161 for Penalty Waiver, Clarifies Misreporting Categories and Taxpayer Relief  ITR Filing and Income Tax Audit Deadline Extended: 5 Critical Things Taxpayers Must Know  Filing Belated ITR for AY 2026-27? Know Which Losses You Can Carry Forward and Which You May Lose  CBDT Extends Tax Audit Report Deadline to October 21, ITR Filing Last Date to November 21 for AY 2026-27  CBDT Extends AY 2026-27 ITR Filing Deadline for Tax-Audit Cases: New Dates and Key Compliance Details  Foreign Assets Missing From Your ITR? Income Tax Department Opens One-Time Disclosure Window  Tax Audit Deadline September 30: Why AIS, TDS and GST Figures May Not Match Your ITR and What Taxpayers Should Do  Tax audit deadline September 30: Common mistakes taxpayers should avoid  Your ITR says ‘verified’, but the refund hasn’t arrived? 5 reasons why your money could be stuck  Missed the ITR Deadline but TDS Refund Is Due? Here’s How You Can Still Claim Your Money «  Professionals to help file income tax returns... Data Structure for uploading return form no. 1 now open... » Biometric PAN may be reality next yr September, 08th 2006 The finance ministry has set up an internal group to finalise the norms for introduction of biometric permanent account numbers (PAN). The ministry is hoping to introduce iris-based biometric PANs to all new applicants from the next financial year. Meanwhile, an extensive media campaign called One Person, One PAN will be launched next week to encourage voluntary surrender of duplicate PANs. The revenue department has so far identified 26 lakh PANs with 13 lakh persons and has already issued around 2.5 lakh letters to these taxpayers. All these taxpayers would be required to contact the assessing officer. The letter will indicate to the taxpayer the permanent account number that should be used. However, in case the taxpayer uses the other PAN he can meet the assessing officer and indicate which of the two numbers they would like to use for all future transactions, an official said. Those who have not yet received the letter from the department but are possess a duplicate PAN would, the media campaign, be asked to approach the department through. The department can be reached either by calling their call centre, Aaykar Sampark Kendra, by logging on to the I-T department website, e-mailing their information to a PAN dedicated website of the I-T or by writing a letter to them, the official said. He said individual taxpayers with duplicate PAN would be required to submit the details of their name, fathers name, date of birth, mailing address, telephone or mobile number, PAN to be surrendered and PAN to be retained. In case of corporates it would be mandatory to provide, in addition to the above details, the date of incorporation. In order to check against frauds, the department has already made it mandatory for taxpayers to give their full name. Initials are no longer accepted. Also the department is now insisting on 100 per cent verification. The I-T department on an average receives 5 lakh applications every month. So far, 4.7 crore PANs have been issued.