Centre Amends Rules To Include Transgender Option In PAN Cards [Read Notification]

In a win for the entire transgender community, the Centre has amended the Income Tax Rules, 1962 to allow transgenders to be recognized as an independent category of applicants for obtaining a Permanent Account Number (PAN) for their tax-related transactions.The notification was issued by the Ministry of Finance on 9 April under Sections 139A and 295 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.In a...