Several representations were received by the tax department regarding the PAN application. People were seeking relaxation in the rules regarding father’s name. Thus, one draft notification has been proposed to amend in rule 114 of the income tax rules. This one has proposed that mentioning father’s name will not be mandatory for those whose mother is the single parent.
Rule 114 of the Income Tax Rules, 1962 currently provides for the manner in which an application for permanent account number (PAN) allotment and this one shall be made in form No 49A and form No 49AA. Current rules make it mandatory to share your father’s name in case of PAN request.
This proposal is also to amend the I-T rules for specifying the timeline for making an application for allotment of PAN by certain persons and issue of PAN.
However, the department will wait for having more comments and suggestions on the draft notification till September 17, 2018.

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