New Delhi : The Income Tax department on Wednesday said those seeking a PAN card under the transgender category do not need to furnish any documents specifying their gender.
Supporting documents will not be needed in the filing of fresh application or for those wishing to change their sex in an existing card, it clarified.
The department had on April 10 amended Income Tax (I-T) rules to allow members of the transgender community to be recognised as an independent category of applicants for a Permanent Account Number (PAN) needed for tax-related transactions and other functions.
Till now, PAN application forms only specified two gender categories — male and female.
The CBDT had effected the change in view of representations from the transgender community.
“New PAN allotment and change request applications with gender as transgender is allowed without hassle. Also, there is no requirement of depositing any supporting document for change of gender to transgnder…,” the department on Wednesday said in an advisory.
PAN is a 10-digit unique alphanumeric number allotted by the I-T department to individuals and entities.