Comment

I am a retired IAS officer. Last financial year, i.e. in 2008-2009 (assessment year 2009-2010), my tax consultant had inadvertently typed the permanent account number (PAN) of my wife Suraksha Ved Prakash in her annual income tax return as AEVPP2705B instead of AEUPP2705B. The consultant had written one letter wrong — V instead of U.

According to the new procedure, this correction required the approval of CBDT Delhi, online. I had to suffer torture for getting this mistake corrected. For the current financial year, i.e. 2009-2010 (AY 2010-2011), I have paid advance tax in September 2009 and December 2009 to Syndicate Bank and got the challans and vouchers. On checking the file, I find that while the bank has correctly filled the PAN in the challan for December, but in the challan for September the PAN has again been filled with the same error and the statement has already been sent by the bank to the income tax department as a routine.

The income tax offices are scattered at various places and in Pune, the bank is not aware which branch receives statements and how to send a correction of PAN. Please advise.—Ved Prakash

Your wife will have to approach her assessing officer with an
application containing the details of the correct PAN and CIN (Challan Identification Number) and request him to carry out the necessary corrections. Please check the link: http://www.tin-nsdl.com/faqOLTASdeposit.asp for more details.

Harsh Roongta is CEO, Apna Paisa, a search and comparison engine for loans, insurance and investments. He can be reached at Askharsh@apnapaisa.com.