The pace of digitization has increased rapidly in the last few years. Which has helped people, however frauds related to digital documents are also increasing. Similarly, PAN card is an essential document of daily life. It is used with every financial transaction in government and non-government organizations.
PAN card is used in banks, schools and offices etc. It is mandatory in filing income tax. Banks and many other important work cannot be done without PAN card. However, now a lot of fraud is happening under the guise of PAN card. In view of the increasing number of fake PAN card cases, the Income Tax Department has started embedding QR codes in them.
Using this you can identify the real and fake PAN card. Along with this, the Income Tax Department can download the app and scan the QR code. After that, you can quickly determine whether the PAN card is genuine or not by scanning it with your mobile scanner.
How to identify on website
- First of all visit the official Income Tax Department website incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal.
- Now, select the Verify Your PAN option.
- When you click on it, a new page will open in front of you.
- Now you will be asked to provide your mobile number, date of birth and PAN card details.
- After this you have to check whether the income tax data matches with your data or not.
- By this you will know whether this pan is real or fake.