What is the Full Form of PAN?

The PAN represents Permanent Account Number.

This is a card containing an exceptional ten-digit alphanumeric blend given by the Income Tax Department of India. This card is given by the Income Tax Department of India, under segment 139A of the Indian Income Tax Act 1961. 

Arrangement of a Pan Card 

The interesting ten-digit alphanumeric blend is organized in the accompanying configuration: 

AAAPL1234C 

The initial five characters are letters, the following four are numerals and the last character is additionally a letter. The initial three letters are a grouping of letters in order, from AAA to ZZZ. 

The fourth character determines the holder of the card. Every holder is extraordinarily characterized as beneath: 

• A - Association of Persons (AOP) 
• B - Body of Individuals (BOI) 
• C - Company 
• F - Firm 
• G - Government 
• H - HUF (Hindu Undivided Family) 
• L - Local Authority 
• J - Artificial Judicial Person 
• P - Individual 
• T - AOP (Trust) 

The fifth character shows on the PAN card is the principal character of the family name or last name of the individual, on account of an "Individual" PAN card, where the fourth character is "P" or of the name of the Entity, Trust, society, or association on account of Company/HUF/Firm/AOP/BOI/Local Authority/Artificial Judicial Person/Government, where the fourth character is "C", "H", "F", "A", "T", "B", "L", "J", "G".