PAN CARD Special

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PAN is a 10 digit alpha-numeric number in which
the first five characters are alphabets,
next four characters are numbers and
the last character is again an alphabet.

Each character in PAN has its own meaning which hasbeen explained below:PAN Explanation:The Permanent Account Number has been divided into five groups as:

1) The first three characters are the normal alphabetic series starting from AAA and runningupto ZZZ.

2) The fourth character represents the status of the PAN card holder.Its one of the most important character in Pan Card number and those who deal in PAN cards usually look at this character only to identify your status.Now the status can be likeC - represents a CompanyP - represents a PersonH - stands for Hindu Undivided FamilyF - represents a FirmA - stands for Association of PersonsT - represents a TrustB - represents Body of IndividualsL - stands for Local AuthorityJ - stands for Artificial Juridical PersonG - stands for Government

3) The fifth character represents the first character of the PAN holder's Surname.For eg- If your name is say Arindom Banerjee,then the fifth character of your PAN will be 'B'.

4) The next four characters are again the normal sequential numbers starting from 0001 and running upto 9999.

5) The last character in the PAN is an alphabetic check digit.