Govt finds 130,000 firms without PAN An investigation the Ministry Affairs (MCA) more than 130,000 out of 224,000 taken did not have a permanent account number (PAN) even as they transacted crores of rupees.Sources said the probe indicated only 93,000 firms off by the Registrar of Companies had PAN, which is mandatory transaction above Rs 50,000. The findings showed these firms did not pay taxes and made it difficult for the authorities to track their transactions, sources said. Absence of statutory filings was cited as a reason for deregistering the firms. It is learnt that the Ministry of Corporate Affairs is now likely to examine whether all active companies have PAN or not. After the recent rounds of deregistration by RoC, 1.13 million companies remain active.The PAN issue adds to the concerns of the ministry over many banks failing to submit post demonetisation transaction details of companies which were deregistered recently. State Bank of India (SBI), for instance, has not p