Decoding PAN, TAN and GST Numbers.

 

Our endeavor is to comprehend the underlying structure of tax identification numbers such as PAN, TAN, and GST, and explore the methods to extract pertinent information from these numbers.

PAN – Permanent Account Number

·         10 Digit Number

·         First 3-digit number AAA to ZZZ

·         4^th digit stands for the status of PAN holder i.e.,

§  P – Person

§  A – AOP

§  B – BOI

§  C – Company

§  F – Firm/LLP

§  G – Government

§  H – HUF

§  L – Local Authority

·          5^th digit depicts the surname of a person or the name of the entity in another.

·           6^th- 9^th digit Random Numbers

·         10^th digit Alphabetic check digit 

 

TAN – Tax deduction / Collection number

 

·         10-digit number

·         First 3 digits – City or state where the TAN was issued (Insta – concept. Decoded)

·         4^th digit – First alphabet of the name of the individual, Firm, Company Etc.

·         5^th- 9^th digit – Numeric.

·         10^th digit Alphabetic check digit 

 

Ø  GST – Goods and Service Tax.

·         15-digit number

·         First 2 digits – state code

·         3^rd – 12^th digit – PAN Number

·         13^th digit – Number of registrations of the entity within the state.

·         14^th – 15^th digit – Random digits