How to Register a Personal PAN in Nepal Online

Eligibility

• Individuals in Nepal who need a personal Permanent Account Number for employment, tax records or another lawful transaction
• Applicants with a National Identity Number who can use IRD's newer NIN-enabled online creation route
• Applicants whose NID route is unavailable or mismatched and who need the standard Taxpayer Portal workflow
• People who applied previously but should search for an existing PAN before starting again
• Personal-PAN holders beginning a sole proprietorship, who should confirm IRD's rule on using or converting the existing number instead of applying for a duplicate personal PAN
• Foreign nationals or applicants using a passport as identity evidence, subject to the category and verification path shown by IRD

Required documents checklist

• □ National Identity Number and matching NID-linked personal details for the automatic online route
• □ Nepali citizenship certificate or passport as applicable; IRD's FAQ lists these as identity evidence for personal PAN
• □ A clear recent photograph in the file type and size requested by the current portal
• □ Active mobile number and email address that you control
• □ Permanent and current address details written consistently with the identity record
• □ Occupation or employment details and any supporting evidence requested for that occupation by the portal or verifying office
• □ The submission number, acknowledgement or login details created by the standard application, saved before closing the browser
• □ Access to the official IRD PAN search so an existing number can be checked before a new application is started

Step-by-step process

1. Search before registering. Use IRD's official PAN number search or check your existing employment, tax and Nagarik App records. If a PAN already exists, stop and recover or correct that record instead of opening another application.
2. Open ird.gov.np and use its Taxpayer Portal link. Confirm the address is taxpayerportal.ird.gov.np before entering identity information.
3. If you have NIN, open IRD's current official audiovisual tutorial titled 'Automatic online creation of a personal PAN based on National Identity Number' and follow the NIN-enabled route it demonstrates. This is the newest official route and should be tried before the older manual workflow.
4. Enter the National Identity Number and complete the identity or contact verification requested by the current interface. Do not continue if the imported name, birth date or other core record belongs to someone else or differs from your source document.
5. Review the NID-sourced profile before confirming. The benefit of automatic creation is not a reason to accept a spelling or date mismatch that will later appear in payroll, tax clearance or banking records.
6. If the NIN route is not available for your case, return to the official Taxpayer Portal, open Registration (PAN, VAT, EXCISE), and choose the application for registration and the personal-PAN taxpayer type shown by the current portal.
7. Complete the identity, contact, permanent/current address and occupation sections. Choose the verifying office only when the portal asks for one and select the office that actually serves your case; a random office can delay follow-up.
8. Upload the identity document, photograph and occupation evidence in the format requested on screen. Avoid guessed file-size advice: the portal's current validation message is the final rule.
9. Review names in both Nepali and English, citizenship/passport number, date of birth, mobile, email and address before submitting. These are the fields most likely to create downstream mismatches.
10. Submit once and save the acknowledgement, submission number, screenshots of confirmation, and any login credentials. Do not repeat-submit because the screen is slow.
11. Use the acknowledgement or portal account for follow-up. If a verifying office requests an original or an in-person check, take the exact originals referenced in the application rather than a different identity document.
12. After issue, verify the number through IRD's PAN search and add or view the same record in the official service channel you use. If the data is wrong, use the correction process; do not request a second PAN.

Fees and timelines

• IRD's current FAQ states that obtaining a PAN does not require payment of any fee.
• Use only the official IRD workflow. Do not pay an agent for a PAN number or a faster result; if a portal ever shows a charge for another service, confirm it with the responsible office before paying.
• IRD describes the NIN route as automatic online creation. That wording indicates a system-generated route, but it is not a guarantee that every NIN will pass immediately; mismatched or incomplete source data can still require follow-up.
• IRD does not state a guaranteed processing period on the accessible public personal-PAN procedure or Taxpayer Portal landing page. Standard applications can depend on the selected verifying office.
• A portal acknowledgement is proof of submission, not proof that a PAN has been issued. Confirm the final number through the portal or IRD PAN search.
• Do not pay a private person for a faster result unless IRD itself displays and explains the charge in an official payment channel.

Common mistakes

• Using an Indian PAN website returned by search. Nepal's official domains are ird.gov.np and taxpayerportal.ird.gov.np.
• Starting a second application without checking whether IRD already issued a personal PAN through employment, an earlier application or Nagarik App.
• Using the standard manual route without first checking the newer NIN-enabled automatic route.
• Continuing when NID-sourced details do not match the citizenship/passport record. Fix the source mismatch instead of creating a tax record with known errors.
• Choosing business PAN or VAT registration when the immediate task is a personal PAN for an individual.
• Selecting a convenient but incorrect verifying office in the standard workflow.
• Uploading unreadable identity images or a casual photograph and assuming the portal accepted them because the page moved forward.
• Losing the submission number or submitting again after a slow response.
• Quoting an unofficial fee or processing promise as an IRD rule.
• Treating a personal PAN as disposable when employment, address or business circumstances change. Use IRD's correction or conversion guidance rather than creating a duplicate.

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