Tax Deduction Account Number is an alphanumeric number issued to individuals who are required to deduct tax on payments made by them under the Indian Income Tax Act, 1961.
The Tax deducted at Source on payments made by assessees has to be deposited with Central Government under the following number.
Application for TAN
An application for allotment of TAN is to be filed in Form 49B and submitted to any TIN-FC. Addresses of TIN-FCs are available at www.tin-nsdl.com. Alternatively, you can apply for TAN online at the NSDL-TIN website.
No documents are required to be submitted along with the application for allotment of TAN. However, where the application is being made online, the signed acknowledgment which is generated after filling up the form should be forwarded to NSDL. Detailed guidelines...