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A Permanent Account Number has ten characters in the pattern AAAAA9999A: five letters, four digits and a final letter. The first three letters are a running series from AAA to ZZZ.
A Permanent Account Number has ten characters in the pattern AAAAA9999A: five letters, four digits and a final letter. The first three letters are a running series from AAA to ZZZ.
The fourth letter tells you who holds the PAN: P is an individual, C a company, H a Hindu Undivided Family, F a firm, A an association of persons, T a trust, B a body of individuals, L a local authority, J an artificial juridical person and G a government body.
The fifth letter is the first letter of the holder's surname for an individual, or of the name for any other holder. The four digits are a running number, and the last letter is a check character.
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The type of holder. P means an individual, C a company, F a firm, H a Hindu Undivided Family and T a trust.
The first letter of the surname for an individual, or of the entity's name for others. For Rahul Verma it would be V.
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