E-PAN Service: In today’s time, PAN Card is the most essential document for any financial work. In such a situation, due to loss or damage of this important document, many of your works may get stuck. In such a situation, the e-PAN service of the Income Tax Department is very helpful.
Like Aadhaar Card, having PAN is also a big proof of your identity. In such a situation, if this important document gets lost or broken, then there is no need to panic and there is no need to visit offices. You can get it just by sitting at home within 10 minutes. Its process is very easy and for this you do not have to spend even a single penny from your pocket.
Offline process takes a long time
In case of loss or breakage of PAN card, the Income Tax Department has provided the facility of making e-PAN. You have to give only 10 minutes of time to complete its work and you can generate your e-PAN card instantly with the help of your Aadhar card. Actually, this facility has been provided by the department to provide relief to the people from the long time taken in the offline process of making PAN card. Generally, to apply for offline PAN card, it takes about two weeks for the application, verification and other processes.
You can get e-PAN through Aadhar card
E-PAN Service has been started to allot PAN card holders so that they do not have to worry about any work in case of its loss or breakage. However, to get this, you must have a valid Aadhaar number and your Aadhaar Card is linked with PAN and registered mobile number. Talking about the documents required to get e-PAN, it can be obtained only through Aadhar card. This process is completed after verifying the information given in it.
This is how E-PAN service works
E-PAN is a digitally signed card, which is issued after verification of E-KYC information from Aadhaar. To get this, it is important that all the information given in the Aadhaar Card (Aadhaar Card Details) like name, date of birth, gender should all be correct. The information of e-PAN and Aadhaar should match each other. After verification, OTP comes on the mobile number linked to your Aadhar card, after entering which the process is completed.
This is the process for E-PAN
- Login to the Income Tax Department portal (https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/):
- Now when the homepage opens, you will have to click on the Instant e-PAN option visible here.
- After this, click on Get New e-PAN on the new e-PAN page and select it.
- After entering the Aadhaar number on the New e-PAN page, select the Confirm checkbox and click on Continue.
- On the OTP validation page, click I have read the terms and agree to proceed…
- Now a 6 digit OTP will come on the mobile number linked to Aadhaar, enter it at the specified place.
- Select the checkbox to verify Aadhaar details with UIDAI and click Continue.
- On the Validation Aadhaar details page, select the I accept checkbox… option and click Continue.
- After this, a successful message will come on your mobile number, note down the acknowledgment ID given in it.
Download e-PAN card like this
After you request for e-PAN card, the time comes to download it, so this process is also very easy. Log in to the e-Filing portal with your user ID and password. After that click on View/Download option of Service e-PAN on the dashboard. After this you will be asked for your 12 digit Aadhaar number, enter this and click on Continue option. As soon as you do this, you will receive an OTP on your mobile, after entering which you can download your PAN card and use it wherever required.
