“ WARNING FROM IT DEPT : D.O.B PROOF MANDATORY FOR PAN CARD “
“ IT DEPT. HAS FOUND A HUGE NO.OF FAKE PAN CARDS AS IDENTITY PROOF .
CBDT : " I-T DEPARTMENT MAY MAKE D.O.B PROOF MANDATORY FOR PAN CARD “..
The Income Taxdepartment is considering making PROOF of date-of-birth mandatory for issuance of PAN card. The department might ask for proof of date-of-birth for issuing a PAN card, Ration cards .
According to officials, in most cases of fraud, people have furnished fake ration cards and rent receipts to get PAN card.
As of now, depository account statement, bank account statement /passbook, ration card, passport, voter identity card, property tax assessment order and certain other documents are accepted as PROOF of identity as well as address.
Recently, the I-T department has found a number of individuals possessing fake PAN cards as identity proof.
According to the official data, 170 million people in India have PAN cards, while only 30 million of them file income tax returns.
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