How to Verify PAN or VAT Registration Online in Nepal
A bilingual, safety-first guide to using Nepal IRD's official PAN search, comparing the result with an invoice or document, distinguishing PAN lookup from VAT and tax-clearance checks, handling mismatches, and avoiding false conclusions or identity scams.
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Quick answer
Open the Inland Revenue Department's official PAN Number Search, enter the PAN exactly as printed on the PAN card, invoice, contract or registration document, and compare only the fields IRD returns. The public form reviewed on August 2, 2026 asks for the PAN itself; it is not a public search by name, mobile number or citizenship number. A matching result confirms an IRD record at the time of lookup, but it does not by itself prove complete tax compliance, company status, licence validity, invoice authenticity or authority to receive payment. PAN वा VAT विवरण जाँच्दा ird.gov.np को आधिकारिक PAN Search मात्र प्रयोग गरी नतिजाले देखाएको सीमाभन्दा बढी निष्कर्ष ननिकाल्नुहोस्।
Eligibility
- A person checking a PAN already shown on a PAN card, tax invoice, quotation, contract, registration document or other business record
- A buyer, client, employer, accountant or organization that needs a basic official-record comparison before a transaction
- A PAN holder checking whether the public result matches the legal name and other information currently returned by IRD
- A person verifying a tax-clearance certificate who also has the PAN, fiscal year and certificate number required by IRD's separate search
- A user who understands that public PAN search is a limited record check and not complete tax, company, licence, ownership or payment due diligence
Required documents checklist
- □ The PAN exactly as printed on the document being checked
- □ The PAN card, tax invoice, quotation, contract or registration record to compare with the official result
- □ The taxpayer's claimed legal name and business or organization name where applicable
- □ The claimed address, transaction purpose and date of verification for your own comparison record
- □ For tax-clearance verification: the PAN, fiscal year and certificate number printed on the certificate
- □ For wider business due diligence: separate company or firm registration, current licence, authorized-person and payment-account evidence as appropriate
- □ No citizenship upload, OTP, taxpayer password, bank password or remote-access application is required for the reviewed public PAN-search form
Step-by-step process
- Read the PAN directly from the original card, invoice, quotation, contract or registration document. Do not rely on a number retyped in a chat message when the source document is available.
- Open https://ird.gov.np/pan-search/ by typing or checking the official ird.gov.np domain. Avoid sponsored look-alike pages and unofficial forms.
- Enter the PAN exactly, without changing digits or adding another person's private identity information.
- Select Search and wait for the official page to return the available taxpayer record.
- Compare the legal or taxpayer name, business name, address and any registration information that IRD actually displays with the document in front of you.
- Record the lookup date and the specific fields compared. Repeat the official search instead of relying only on an old screenshot.
- If a tax-clearance certificate is being checked, open IRD's separate Tax Clearance Search and enter the PAN, fiscal year and certificate number printed on that certificate.
- If a material field differs or no result appears, stop the transaction or invoice-processing step that depends on it, recheck the PAN, request a clear corrected document and contact IRD when the record remains unclear.
Fees and timelines
- The reviewed public PAN-search and tax-clearance-search pages do not display a public lookup fee.
- A normal lookup can be completed in a few minutes when the number and official service are available, but IRD does not publish one guaranteed response time for the page.
- Portal maintenance, network problems, an unreadable source document, an incorrect PAN or a record issue can delay verification.
- The lookup itself does not replace paid professional due diligence, a company/firm record, a sector licence, a corrected tax invoice or official confirmation from IRD when the result is disputed.
- Do not pay an intermediary merely to use the public search. Contact the responsible IRD office through the official directory for an unresolved record question.
Common mistakes
- Using a search-engine result, social-media bot or unofficial PAN lookup instead of the ird.gov.np page
- Trying to search by name, mobile number or citizenship number through a public form that asks for the PAN itself
- Typing one digit incorrectly or copying a number from a low-quality image
- Treating a matching PAN as proof that every return is filed, every tax is paid or a tax-clearance certificate is genuine
- Assuming a PAN lookup proves a company is active at OCR, a firm is current at its registration office or a sector licence is valid
- Assuming the person presenting the PAN controls the taxpayer or is authorized to receive money
- Accepting an old or cropped screenshot instead of repeating the official lookup
- Editing a seller's PAN or name on an invoice yourself instead of requesting a corrected invoice
- Publishing a PAN together with citizenship, signature, phone, bank account or other unnecessary personal data
- Calling a person or business fraudulent solely because a temporary portal problem or input error produced no result
PAN verification at a glance
| Question | Verified answer |
|---|---|
| Official public service | IRD PAN Number Search |
| Required input | Permanent Account Number |
| Name-only search | Not offered on the public form reviewed August 2, 2026 |
| Login required | The reviewed public PAN-search form does not display a login field |
| Main use | Compare a known PAN with the information IRD returns |
| Tax-clearance verification | Separate search using PAN, fiscal year and certificate number |
| Proof of full tax compliance | No |
| Proof of company or licence status | No |
| Last verified | August 2, 2026 |
This guide covers verification, not registration
This page checks an already known PAN. Registering a new PAN, correcting a PAN card, downloading or replacing a certificate, changing a tax profile, registering or cancelling VAT, filing returns and obtaining tax clearance are separate user tasks already covered by other guides.
Safe official lookup sequence
- 1Read the PAN from the source document.
- 2Open the official ird.gov.np PAN Search.
- 3Enter the PAN exactly and select Search.
- 4Compare only the fields IRD displays.
- 5Record the lookup date and compared fields.
- 6Use the separate tax-clearance search for a certificate.
- 7Pause the dependent transaction when a material mismatch remains.
- 8Use the official IRD office directory for an unresolved record issue.
What each check does
| Check | What it can support | What it does not automatically prove |
|---|---|---|
| PAN Number Search | An IRD record corresponding to the entered PAN and the fields returned | Full tax compliance, company status, invoice authenticity or payment authority |
| VAT information shown by IRD | The VAT or registration information actually displayed for that taxpayer | That every VAT return is filed or every transaction qualifies for VAT credit |
| Tax Clearance Search | Whether the entered PAN, fiscal year and certificate number match IRD's separate result | Future compliance or facts outside the searched certificate |
| Company or firm search | Separate registration-office status when checked at the responsible authority | Tax compliance or control of a payment account |
| Bank-account evidence | Account-name information supplied through an appropriate verified process | PAN validity, licence status or authority for every transaction |
A matching PAN is one evidence point, not complete due diligence
Before a material payment or contract, separately verify the legal entity or firm, current sector licence, authorized signatory, invoice sequence and tax details, delivery evidence, contract terms and payment-account ownership as the situation requires. Do not state that IRD verified facts that its result did not display.
No result or a mismatch
Treat the result as an unresolved verification step, not instant proof of fraud.
- 1Compare every PAN digit with the clearest available source document.
- 2Remove accidental spaces and retry the official page later if the service appears unavailable.
- 3Ask the taxpayer or seller for a clear PAN card or corrected invoice.
- 4Compare the legal name rather than a shop nickname or social-media brand alone.
- 5Ask which IRD office manages the record when the taxpayer says the public result is incomplete.
- 6Use the official IRD contact or office directory for a material unresolved discrepancy.
- 7Do not edit another party's invoice and do not publish an accusation before completing the official check.
Vendor and invoice verification checklist
- PAN on the invoice matches the official lookup
- Legal taxpayer name matches
- VAT claim matches the information actually displayed or separately confirmed
- Invoice date, number, seller details, buyer details and taxable amounts are internally consistent
- Company or firm registration checked separately when material
- Sector licence checked separately when required
- Person negotiating or receiving payment is authorized
- Payment account belongs to the expected person or entity
- Goods, services, contract and delivery evidence agree
- Lookup date and supporting evidence retained according to privacy and accounting needs
What the reviewed IRD services confirm
The official PAN Number Search requests the PAN itself. IRD provides a separate Tax Clearance Search requiring PAN, fiscal year and certificate number, while registration, returns, VAT, excise and authenticated taxpayer services are handled through distinct IRD paths. This separation is why a PAN-search result must not be described as a complete compliance certificate.
Privacy and scam prevention
A public PAN lookup does not require a citizenship upload, OTP, taxpayer login, bank password or remote-access app. Do not post PAN together with a signature, citizenship image, mobile number, bank account or taxpayer-portal credentials. Use the minimum information needed for the legitimate verification purpose.
नेपालीमा छोटो उत्तर
IRD को आधिकारिक PAN Search मा PAN नम्बर ठीकसँग राखेर नतिजामा देखिएको नाम, व्यवसायको नाम, ठेगाना वा दर्ता विवरण आफूले पाएको कागजातसँग तुलना गर्नुहोस्। reviewed public form मा नाम, मोबाइल वा नागरिकता नम्बरबाट खोज्ने field छैन। matching result ले IRD मा सो PAN को record रहेको देखाउन मद्दत गर्छ, तर सबै कर तिरेको, कम्पनी active भएको, invoice सही भएको वा पैसा माग्ने व्यक्ति अधिकृत भएको स्वतः प्रमाणित गर्दैन।
नेपालीमा PAN जाँच्ने चरणहरू
- 1PAN card, invoice, quotation वा contract बाट PAN नम्बर सिधै पढ्नुहोस्।
- 2https://ird.gov.np/pan-search/ को domain ठीक छ कि जाँच्नुहोस्।
- 3PAN का सबै अंक सही राखेर Search गर्नुहोस्।
- 4IRD ले देखाएको legal/taxpayer name र अन्य देखिएका विवरण कागजातसँग तुलना गर्नुहोस्।
- 5जाँच गरेको मिति र तुलना गरेका field note गर्नुहोस्।
- 6Tax Clearance certificate भए छुट्टै official search मा PAN, fiscal year र certificate number राख्नुहोस्।
- 7ठूलो mismatch भए invoice वा payment अघि प्रक्रिया रोक्नुहोस्।
- 8PAN फेरि जाँचेर पनि समस्या रहे taxpayer र official IRD office सँग पुष्टि गर्नुहोस्।
PAN नतिजाले के प्रमाणित गर्दैन?
| नतिजाले स्वतः प्रमाणित नगर्ने कुरा | छुट्टै के जाँच्ने |
|---|---|
| सबै tax return बुझाएको वा सबै कर तिरेको | सम्बन्धित tax record वा tax-clearance प्रक्रिया |
| कम्पनी वा firm हाल active भएको | OCR वा जिम्मेवार registration authority |
| sector licence valid भएको | सम्बन्धित licensing authority |
| invoice वास्तविक भएको | invoice details, transaction and seller evidence |
| पैसा माग्ने व्यक्ति अधिकृत भएको | authorization र payment-account evidence |
Result नआए वा फरक देखिए
तुरुन्त fake वा fraud घोषणा नगरी कारण पुष्टि गर्नुहोस्।
- 1PAN का सबै अंक र source document फेरि जाँच्नुहोस्।
- 2अनावश्यक space हटाएर official page मा फेरि प्रयास गर्नुहोस्।
- 3PAN card वा invoice को स्पष्ट copy माग्नुहोस्।
- 4portal समस्या जस्तो देखिए केही समयपछि फेरि जाँच्नुहोस्।
- 5taxpayer बाट सम्बन्धित कर कार्यालयको विवरण माग्नुहोस्।
- 6material mismatch रहे IRD को official office directory प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
नेपाली गोपनीयता चेतावनी
PAN जाँच्न OTP, taxpayer password, bank password, citizenship upload वा remote-access app आवश्यक पर्दैन। PAN लाई citizenship, signature, mobile वा bank account सँग सार्वजनिक समूहमा पोस्ट नगर्नुहोस्।
NepalDocsGuide is an independent educational website. It is not the Inland Revenue Department, a tax office or a company-verification authority. Use only official IRD services and obtain professional or official confirmation when a transaction carries material legal, tax or financial risk.
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Printable checklist
How to Verify PAN or VAT Registration Online in Nepal
- PAN copied directly from the source document
- Official ird.gov.np PAN Search opened
- Legal or taxpayer name compared
- Business or organization name compared where shown
- Address and registration information compared only where displayed
- Lookup date recorded
- Old screenshots not treated as final evidence
- Tax-clearance certificate checked through the separate official search when relevant
- Company, firm, licence, authorized-person and payment-account checks completed separately when needed
- Mismatch paused and corrected through the taxpayer or IRD
- No OTP, password, citizenship image or remote-access code shared
FAQ
Official sources
Use these references for final confirmation before applying. Nepal Docs Guide is independent and does not replace official instructions.
- PAN Number Search
Inland Revenue Department, Ministry of Finance, Government of Nepal
Confirms the official public lookup URL and that the reviewed form requests the Permanent Account Number.
- Tax Clearance Search
Inland Revenue Department
Confirms the separate search and its PAN, fiscal-year and certificate-number fields.
- Inland Revenue Department home page
Inland Revenue Department
Confirms the department's public PAN Search, Tax Clearance Search and service paths.
- IRD Taxpayer Portal
Inland Revenue Department
Confirms that registration, VAT, returns and other taxpayer services are distinct from public PAN lookup.
- IRD office directory
Inland Revenue Department
Provides official office paths for unresolved taxpayer-record questions.
Need official confirmation?
If your case involves corrections, deadlines, legal use, foreign submission, or a rejected application, contact the relevant official office before paying fees or submitting documents.
Author
Nepal Docs Guide Editorial Desk
Citizen services research team
The editorial desk prepares independent, plain-language summaries from cited official sources and reader correction reports. It does not claim government affiliation, professional credentials, or field testing.
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