• PAN structure is as follows: AAAAA9999A: First five characters are letters, next 4 numerals, last character letter
• Each assesse is uniquely identified by the PAN
• If the PAN does not follow the above structure, then the PAN will be shown invalid
• The fourth character of the PAN must be one of the following, depending on the type of assesse:

C — Company

P — Person

H — HUF(Hindu Undivided Family)

F — Firm

A — Association of Persons (AOP)

T — AOP (Trust)

B — Body of Individuals (BOI)

L — Local Authority

J — Artificial Juridical Person

G — Government

• The fifth character of the PAN is the first character
  • (a) of the surname / last name of the person, in the case of a "Personal" PAN card, where the fourth character is "P" or
  • (b) of the name of the Entity/ Trust/ Society/ Organisation in the case of Company/ HUF/ Firm/ AOP/ BOI/ Local Authority/ Artificial Jurdical Person/ Govt, where the fourth character is "C","H","F","A","T","B","L","J","G".

Nowadays, the DOI (Date of Issue) of PAN card is mentioned at the right (vertical) hand side of the photo on the PAN card.

Thanks for this valuable input..

NICE.. KEEP SHARING

thnx for the info...

Very Informative post.... 

Also check out below link for more info on PAN & TAN...

 FAQ on PAN and TAN..........

Most commendable sharing, dear Disha.

Thank you Sanjay Ji for the link.

Thank you......very good information.........

Good to Share,

keep sharing these information

​thank u 

Dear Disha

Thanks for sharing this Important Information

but I want to know about the last letter

Is it related to Income Tax Ward/Circle or not

please reply if you know anythink about that

Thanks & BestRegards

YATENDER