Wrong PAN!!!

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Querist : Anonymous

Querist : Anonymous (Querist)

11 December 2010 Received the notice from ITD regarding Wrong mention of PAN in Return & why penalty not be imposed??
What to do??

CA Navin Jain

CA Navin Jain (Expert)
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12 December 2010 dear, you may be penalised with Rs. 10,000/- if you don't respond to the Show Cause Notice within the time given to you by ITD.
You need to send a reply letter explaining your clarifications. If you have indeed furnished a wrong PAN, you can be penalised. ITD has power to show mercy, if your case is geniune.

Querist : Anonymous

Querist : Anonymous (Querist)

13 December 2010 How to save from it!!
please give me the draft letter for the same??
Thx

Asha Kanta Sharma

Asha Kanta Sharma (Expert)
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03 August 2025 Here's a draft reply letter you can use to respond to the Show Cause Notice for wrong mention of PAN in your Income Tax Return. Customize the details as per your situation.
To
The Assessing Officer
[Address of the Income Tax Office]
[City, PIN Code]
Subject: Response to Show Cause Notice regarding incorrect PAN quoted in Return – [Your Name], PAN: [Correct PAN], AY: [Assessment Year]

Date: [Insert Date]

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is with reference to the Show Cause Notice issued by your office vide reference number [Notice Reference Number] dated [Notice Date], regarding incorrect mention of PAN in the income tax return filed for the Assessment Year [insert AY].

I would like to bring to your kind attention that the incorrect PAN was mentioned inadvertently due to a clerical/typographical error while filing the return. The correct PAN is [Correct PAN], whereas in the return, [Incorrect PAN] was mistakenly entered.

I sincerely regret the unintentional error and assure you that there was no intention to conceal or misrepresent any information. I request your good office to kindly consider this as a bonafide mistake and waive any penalty under Section 272B of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

As corrective action, I have [mention if you have filed a revised return / updated PAN through rectification request, etc.]. I request that this explanation be considered sympathetically, and the penalty proceedings may kindly be dropped.

I remain available for any clarification or further information required in this regard.

Thanking you.

Yours faithfully,
[Your Full Name]
[Your Address]
[Your Contact Number]
[Correct PAN]

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