Apply online for cancellation or surrender of extra/additional pan

In this article we have provided method to apply online for cancellation or surrender of extra/additional pan.Any person may be alloted multiple pan numbers.There can be numerous reasons for which a person may be alloted multiple pan numbers i.e. Any person may have applied multiple times pan and he may also be alloted pan multiple times or inadvertently may be alloted multiple pan by income tax department, UTI or NSDL.Persons should immediately apply for cancellation of and surrender of pan card allotted to them or it might attract penalty of Rs.10,000 to them.

Apply online for cancellation or surrender of extra/additional pan

Persons can apply for surrender of pan numbers by two methods:

• Online

1. One can apply online by filing application for change or correction form for pan card through UTI or NSDL facilitation centre and enter extra duplicate pan in the last column of the form.
2. One can also visit income tax department website and enter details of duplicate pan and one which user wish to retain and submit the form thereby.

• Manually

1. One can apply manually by filing application form 49A for change or correction form for pan card through UTI or NSDL facilitation centre and enter extra duplicate pan in the last column of the form.
2. Person is required to write letter to the assessing officer under whose jurisdiction person is filing returns to this effect.This letter should contain basic details like duplicate pan details which need to be surrendered,pan number which need to be kept,name and contact details.Person will be required to keep acknowledgement copy of the application for surrender of the pan.Person will not be required to wait for intimation from the Income Tax Department and the acknowledgement copy will be sufficient for proof of surrender of the additional pan number.

Thus by above one can Apply online for cancellation or surrender of extra/additional pan.