Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Why You Need A PAN Card

By Jamal D White


A PAN card is an essential document for a variety of reasons. The card; mostly a ten-digit alphanumeric number issued by the income tax department is crucial when filing tax returns and conducting various transactions that requires one to identify themselves. Anyone who has this card can use it for a variety of purposes.

The card is essential when conducting various banking and post office transactions. For instance, it is one of the most important documents when depositing Rs. 50,000 or more in any account with post office savings bank or a banking company. It is also important when buying bank drafts, orders and bankers cheque in cash form more or equal to Rs. 50,000.

Another main use of the card is when making various transactions to banks and other financial institutions. The permanent account number helps banks to determine whether certain people can qualify for certain services. It is also used to determine whether anyone applying for credit cards from certain banks is eligible for the card.

If the expense for your overseas tour exceeds twenty five thousand rupees, you would also need to show this card before making the payment. This payment is mostly designed to cater for issues with foreign exchange, fare and payments to the travel broker. Most restaurants and hotels would also require you to show this card when making payments beyond twenty five thousand dollars.

People also need the card when purchasing or selling immovable properties equal to Rs. 5 lakhs or more. Before the transactions are completed, the buyer is required to get the PAN of each person who claims to own such properties. For instance, if more than one person owns the property, the property buyer should make sure they get the PAN of all the people who claim a share on such property.

If you decide to purchase or sell an automobile, you would also need to disclose this card. The good thing is however that not all types of automobile that need the disclosure of the permanent account number, as it is only for vehicles that more than two wheels. Companies would also not need to show their permanent account number as they are already known and their companies already have an outstanding way via which they pay tax.

In the case of paying for mutual funds, you would also need the PAN card. People looking to get their company shares and company debentures need also to show this card. In addition, before someone is able to get bonds from a bank, they would need to disclose their permanent account number.

It is also one of the main essential documents for anyone looking to install telephone connections. This can be either connections related to cellular phones or other phone systems. The reason for using the PAN card is to make sure that issues of fraud and tax evasion are kept as low as possible. It also ensures the people making the transactions can be sure of obtaining positive results from such transactions.




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