(a) whether a large number of persons are in possession of
more than one PAN card;
(b) if so, the estimated number of such persons;
(c) the number of persons who have surrendered such multiple
PAN cards during the last three years;
(d) whether cases of misuse of multiple PAN cards have also
come to the notice of the Government;
(e) if so, the number of such cases reported during the last
one year; and
(f) the action taken against the erring persons?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE:(SHRI S.S. PALANIMANICKAM)
(a) to (c) All such cases of persons who are in possession of
more than one permanent account number (PAN) which are brought to
the notice of Income Tax Department are corrected promptly. The
estimated number of persons likely to have been allotted duplicate
permanent account numbers is 13.11 lakhs. The Income-tax Department
has cancelled 10,43,516 duplicate PANs during the last 3 years.
(d) Yes, Madam.
(e) During last one year no such case has come to the notice of
the Government.
(f) The Assessing Officer concerned has been asked to take action
under the provisions of Income-tax Act, 1961.