Income-tax Rules amended so as to includeTransgender in PAN Card

Income-tax Rules amended so as to includeTransgender in PAN Card: Central Board of Direct Taxes has amendedIncome-tax Rules, 1962 so as toincludeTransgender in Pan Application Form. The notification is mentioned below for reference.

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MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 9th April, 2018 Income-tax

G.S.R. 352(E).In exercise of the powers conferred by section 139A read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely: 1. Short, title and commencement. (1) These rules may be called the Incometax (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2018. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962, in Appendix II, in Form number 49A and Form number 49AA, for column number 4 and entries relating thereto, the following item shall be substituted, namely:- 4. Gender (for individual applicants only) Male _____Female _____Transgender_____

[Notification No. 18/2018/F.No. 370142/40/2016-TPL] Dr. T. S. MAPWAL, Under Secy.

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (ii) vide notification number S.O. 969 (E), dated the 26th March, 1962 and last amended vide notification number S.O. 1517(E), dated the 06th April, 2018.

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Stakeholder may take a note thatNew PAN allotment and Change request applications with 'gender' as 'transgender' is allowed withoutany hassle. Also, there is no requirement of depositing any supporting document for change of gender to 'transgender' vide PAN Change request application.[updated on 10th May 2018]