PAN Card- Like Aadhaar, Ration Card, PAN card also a very important document to have. Right now everyone has a PAN card. It is also called your Permanent Account Number. PAN card is a unique 10-digit alphanumeric number issued by the Income Tax Department . PAN is issued in the form of a laminated plastic card, commonly known as PAN card. There are 10 digits written at the bottom of the PAN, in which your details are hidden. But many people do not know this. Know what is the meaning of the 10 numbers written in the PAN card and what kind of information can be obtained through the PAN card.

Permanent Account Number means that PAN cannot be made twice for any person. Actually, the number printed on the PAN card can be only one, it cannot be changed. The Income Tax Department, which issues PAN cards, follows a special procedure to issue PAN numbers. Under which you are given a 10 digit number. These 10 digit PANs contain a mixture of alphabets and numbers. The first 5 characters of the PAN card are always alphabets. The next 4 characters are numbers and at the end again an alphabet comes. Therefore, it becomes important to know what information is hidden in these 10 numbers.

What is the meaning of the 10 characters written on the PAN

If you have ever looked at your PAN card carefully, then you will know that the first three characters of the PAN card are in alphabetical series. The fourth alphabet of the PAN card tells what you are in the eyes of the Income Tax Department. If you are an individual, then the fourth alphabet of your PAN card will be P. So let us tell you which meaning is hidden behind which character of the PAN card.

First 3 characters on PAN

The first 3 characters on the PAN are given in the form of alphabetic series, which can be from AAA to ZZZ.

Fourth character

The fourth character on the PAN is very important…..

P- Individual
F- Firm
C- Company
A- AOP(Association of Person)
T- Trust
H- HUF(Hindu Undivided Family)
B- BOI(Body of Individual)
L- Local
J- Artificial Judicial Person
G- For Government

5th character on PAN

The fifth character of the PAN card number is an alphabet. This digit is the first letter of the surname of the PAN card holder. It depends only on the PAN card holder. It is worth noting that only the last name of the holder is seen in it.

last 4 characters

After this, there are 4 numbers in the PAN card. These numbers can be anything from 0001 to 9999. These numbers of your PAN card represent the series which is currently running in the Income Tax Department.

Last number

The last digit of PAN is an alphabetic check digit, which can be any letter.