What is PAN?

A typical PAN is AFZPK7190K.

First three characters i.e. “AFZ” in the above PAN are alphabetic series running from

AAA to ZZZ

Fourth character of PAN i.e. “P” in the above PAN represents the status of the PAN

holder. “P” stands for Individual, “F” stands for Firm, “C” stands for Company, “H”

stands for HUF, “A” stands for AOP, “T” stands for TRUST etc.

Fifth character i.e. “K” in the above PAN represents first character of the PAN

holder’s last name/surname.

Next four characters i.e. “7190” in the above PAN are sequential number running

from 0001 to 9999.

Last character i.e. “K” in the above PAN is an alphabetic check digit.