Tax deduction and collection account number is a ten-digit numeric code which is specially designed by the Income Tax department and is allotted to the entities who are responsible for deducting or collecting a tax. There are two major sources to apply for a TAN.
Offline source: Filling a 49B and submitting it to any Tax Information Network Facilitation Centre. The address of TINFC is available on the official website (https://www.tin-nsdl.com).
Online source: Online application of TAN can be made from the National Security Depository Ltd TIN website (https://www.tin-nsdl.com).
