A taxpayer is assigned a jurisdictional Assessing Officer (AO) based on the address mentioned on the taxpayers’ PAN. Therefore, any communication between the Income Tax Department (ITD) and the taxpayer takes place through the jurisdictional Assessing Officer (AO). Hence, it is important to find Assessing Officer (AO) details while making PAN Application.
Furthermore, taxpayers may also write to the income tax department for any of their concerns such as rectification of return, issue of refund, etc. AO is a representative on behalf of the Income Tax Department and all direct tax-related matters are handled by him.
Steps to Find Jurisdictional Assessing Officer (AO) Details
- Visit the tax e-filing Portal to find the details of your jurisdictional AO.
Visit the tax e-filing portal and scroll down and click on the “Know Your AO” option.
- Know your jurisdictional assessing officer
On the Know Your Jurisdictional Assessing Officer page, enter your PAN and a valid mobile number and click Continue.
- OTP Verification
You will receive a 6-digit OTP on the mobile number you entered in Step 2. On the Verification page, enter the OTP and click Validate.
On successful OTP validation, you will see the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer Details (such as Area Code, AO Type, Range Code, AO Number, Jurisdiction, Address and email ID of the AO), along with status of your PAN.
FAQs
If you don’t have any issues with your filing, you don’t need to contact your AO. As a general rule, the ITD endeavours to provide all taxpayer services in a faceless manner, online. However, in certain exceptional situations, the ITD may request you to approach your jurisdictional AO.
Some of the powers of the Assessing Officer (AO) are as follows:
Discovery and inspection
Enforcing the attendance of any person, including any officer of a banking company and examining him on oath
Compiling the production of books of accounts and other documents
Issuing commissions
An AO is assigned by the Income Tax Department for each Ward and Zone in India. A taxpayer can not change the AO. However, if a taxpayer moves from one city to another they can apply for a change in PAN details and change the AO.
The current status of the jurisdictional AO for your PAN can be verified on the e-Filing portal > Know Your AO. You do not need to register or log in to use this service.
How do I know the AO code and AO type for a PAN card application? Can I choose anyone listed for my state?
What are the steps to download a PAN card PDF?
I recently misplaced my PAN card and I want a new one with the old PAN number. How should I proceed?
How can I get my pan card acknowledgement number?
How can I check my PAN card details online?
Hey @TeamQuicko, what is the minimum age required for getting a PAN card?
Hey @SonalYadav,
No - you cannot randomly select your AO code and type just based on the state. In TIN-NSDL PAN application you need to select AO based on the description provided on the AO in the Help utility for AO selection after you select State and City, as shown in the image below -
So once you select State and City - you’ll see a list of AO’s with different descriptions. Most common one - if you’re salaried with income below 20 lacs as seen in this example it will be WARD 7(1)(4) in Ahmedabad, as we chose Ahmedabad as the city for this example.
Similarly AOs will be different for Government sector employees, business owners, etc. Once you select that AO, AO type and code will automatically be filled in the respective fields of your application.
If you’re still confused regarding your AO, you’re best suited to get professional help for the same. Choose Quicko’s PAN Application Plan and have your PAN application handled by professionals in hassle free manner.
Hope this helped! Feel free to reach out in case of further queries.
Hey @SonalYadav
To get an e-PAN or a PDF version of PAN card - you can:
Steps to apply for Reprint/Duplicate e-PAN via NSDL website
Note: If during the application process the session times out or you wish to continue later - you can click on Registered user tab and use your token number to resume the application
Among these options, e-KYC through Aadhaar is the easiest, since you don’t need to submit further documents as proof of your identity and your e-KYC is completed using Aadhaar OTP.
It usually takes 15–20 days to receive the duplicate PAN card.
You also get an instant e-PAN from the Income Tax Department.
Following is the sample of an e-PAN:
Hope this helps!
Hey @HarshitShah
Go to Know Your PAN and enter your Name, Date of Birth and mobile number to fetch your PAN details from Income Tax database.
Or, you can get your old PAN Number from:
Once you fetch your PAN number, you can apply for a reprint of your PAN on Quicko or on NSDL website - refer Team Quicko’s answer to How can I get a new duplicate copy of my pan card
Hope that answered your question! In case you need further assistance, feel free to send us a message or mention a comment below.
Hey @ViraajAhuja47
It is very easy to get an acknowledgement number
You can get this number Online or Offline:
If you have applied for a new Pan Card or have applied to change any data in the existing Pan Database, the acknowledgement number can be found in Pan Acknowledgement sheet or on the Pan Acknowledgement form that has been provided to you.
If you applied online for PAN, the acknowledgement number will be delivered to your given Email Id.
After getting the acknowledgement number you can track you PAN status using NSDL website.
Hope this helps!