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 The provisions of section 203A of the Income-tax Act require all persons who deduct or collect tax at source to apply for the allotment of a TAN. The section also makes it mandatory for TAN to be quoted in all TDS/TCS returns, all TDS/TCS payment challans and all TDS/TCS certificates to be issued.  

While TAN is a number allocated to tax-deductors, PAN or Permanent Account Number is allotted to taxpayers. PAN is also a 10-digit identity number that is mandated by the Income Tax  Department for any individual who carries out financial transactions or  pays the Income Tax. 

 TAN can be obtained either through online and offline mode. Here, we  look at the procedure involved to apply online for a new TAN. Applicants  need to follow the steps mentioned below if they intend to apply online  for a new Tax Deduction Account Number (TAN): 

• Visit www.tin-nsdl.com/index.html
• Select ‘TAN’ under the ‘Services’ Dropdown
• Click on ‘Apply Online’
• Select ‘New TAN’
• On the new page, choose from the list ‘category of deductors’ 
• Next, click on ‘Select’
• On doing so, the applicant is redirected to Form 49B
• Fill in the form 
• Click ‘Submit’