National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) processes PAN and TAN applications on behalf of Income Tax Department. With a view to keep the applicant updated about the status of his application, NSDL has launched a Short Message Service (SMS) based facility.
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The applicant can send an SMS to 53030 with a message containing the word PAN followed by a space and the 15-digit acknowledgement number provided at the time of submission of application i.e., PAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT NUMBER (e.g., PAN 123456789012345 – this is an illustrative acknowledgement number. Actual acknowledgement number should be provided in the SMS).
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Similarly, to know the status of TAN application, applicant can send the SMS to 53030 with a message containing the word TAN followed by a space and the 14-digits acknowledgement number provided at the time of submission of application i.e., TAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT NUMBER (e.g., TAN 12345678901234 – this is an illustrative acknowledgement number. Actual acknowledgement number should beprovided in the SMS).
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There will be special charges for these SMS. These charges may vary from one mobile service-provider to another. The charge structure can be obtained from the concerned service-provider. The status of the PAN/TAN applications will continue to be available from NSDL-TIN web-site www.tin-nsdl.com or NSDL Call Centre at 022- 24994650 or Aykar Sampark Kendra at 0124- 2438000.
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