KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Finance Minister Dr Yubraj Khatiwada said that all should acquire a PAN card as it is as important as citizenship certificate.

KATHMANDU, Aug 8: A total of 6,283 people have got PAN (permanent account number) and VAT (value-added tax) registration from the Inland Revenue Office (IRO), Dhulikhel in two months.

KATHMANDU, July 28: The government has made Personal Account Number (PAN) mandatory for all salaried workers from the current Fiscal Year 2019/20.

KATHMANDU, July 26: The Federation of Woman Entrepreneurs' Association of Nepal (FWEAN) has said that its attention has been drawn toward the government's decision to make PAN mandatory for payment of salary to workers, among other issues.

KATHMANDU, July 12: Entrepreneurs from various sectors have said that more time was needed for implementation of new rules including issuance of electronic invoice, making PAN mandatory for workers, and web-based tracking of cargoes.

KATHMANDU, July 2: Lack of skilled human resource in the construction sector has led the country's construction companies to hire laborers from India. However, as the government has recently made it mandatory for workers of any sector to acquire a Permanent Account Number (PAN), the contractors are not so sure about the implementation of the policy as the construction sector has a large number of Indian laborers.

KATHMANDU, July 1: Suman Kumar Gupta, 23, recently applied for Permanent Account Number (PAN) at a taxpayer service office of Inland Revenue Department in Kathmandu. “I had to apply for PAN as my employer asked me to get PAN before joining them,” Gupta, who has recently been hired by a commercial bank, told Republica.

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) has backed away from a plan to make personal account number (PAN) mandatory for investors for trading in the secondary market, citing pushback from investor lobby groups.

KATHMANDU, May 5: Singer and model Sunita Adhikari's new folk song entitled 'Pan Ko Missi Hukum Ko Chauka Le' composed by Shiva Hamal has been released on Friday, in Kathmandu.  According to press release issued by Adhikari, the song is her seventh song that is produced by Music Nepal and Trisana Music Pvt Ltd.

KATHMANDU, Sept 10: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) benchmark index fell marginally by 0.01 point this week to close at 1,554.55 points on Thursday, the last trading day of the week.

KATMANDU, September 5: Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index shed 25.47 points, or 1.61 percent, to close at 1,554.56 points on Monday, as the capital market regulator's announcement to make personal account number (PAN) compulsory for investors from next year left investors panicked.

KATHMANDU, Sept 3: The Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) is preparing to make permanent account number (PAN) card mandatory for investors in the stock market.

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