1. Concept
The Tax deduction and collection account number is the unique 10-character alphanumeric code required by persons who have to deduct tax at source or TDS.

2. Who issues Tan card?
The Income Tax Department has delegated this power to NSDL, who on the behalf of IT department and under the supervision of CBDT issues the TAN card.

3. Who can apply?
Any Individual or a business entity that is supposed to deduct the TDS and file the TDS return are mandatory to apply for TAN.

4. Validity of TAN card
The TAN number is valid for a lifetime unless you surrender it to the tax authorities due to some reasons. The generation of the TAN is a one-time process requires no renewal.

5. How to apply for TAN?
The persons who have to obtain the TAN number require to fille TAN application form 49B.

6. Authenticity of the TAN Card
The government offers an online portal  Know your TAN from where anyone can easily verify and authenticate the validity of TAN number.

Benefits of TAN Number

- While filing TDS return using TAN, the complete address and PIN code of the deductee gets auto-populated as mentioned in Income Tax Department. This ensures transparency in taxation.

- While filing TDS return using TAN, Status of Booking also gets captured. This helps the deductor to track whether or not his return has matched with TDS statement filed by him.

- Apart from filing TDS returns, TAN can also be used for generating payment challans and TDS/TCS certificates.

- Different branches of a company can separately make TAN application online for a separate TAN for that branch or division.
PAN Card is a Permanent Account Number consisting of 10-digit alphanumeric number, which is used as an identity proof and issued under the Indian Income Tax Act, 1961. The PAN number is important for major financial transactions like opening a bank account, receiving taxable salary, sale or purchase of assets etc.PAN card i.e. Permanent Account Number is provided by Income tax department to every income tax payer. The primary objective of PAN is to use a universal identification key to track financial transactions that might have a taxable component to prevent tax evasion. It also serves as identity proof.

It is a ten digit alphanumeric number thats allotted to those who are supposed to deduct tax at source or TDS. TAN number or TAN registration is very important for businesses deducting tax at source and is required to be quoted in TDS or TCS return. Failure to apply TAN when required can attract a penalty.every person liable to deduct tax at source or collect tax at source is required to obtain TAN. However, a person required to deduct tax under section 194-IA can use PAN in place of TAN as such person is not required to obtain TAN.
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Documents Required for TAN Registration

- Passport Size Photograph.

- PAN Card.

- Address Proof.

- Aadhar Proof & Government Registration Certificate