Aadhaar PAN Link: You can find out where your Aadhaar card PAN card link status has reached, both online and offline. For this, you can check by visiting the e-filing portal.
Aadhaar PAN Link Status: Aadhar Card and PAN Card is one of the most important documents. Linking these two (Aadhaar PAN Link) has been made mandatory by the government. If you use PAN card for Income Tax Return and EPF, then it is very important for you to link both. You cannot file return without linking. After linking both the cards, if you want to check the status of both, then you can find out.
You can find out where your Aadhaar card PAN card link status has reached, both online and offline. For this, you can check by visiting the e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department.
Know this way-
- To know the link status, first you go to www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/aadhaarstatus.
- After this enter your PAN number and Aadhaar number.
- After this click on View Link Aadhaar Status.
- After this the Linking Status will open in front of you.
Linking Status Detected Through SMS Also
If you want to know offline PAN and Aadhar card linking status, then you can also take the help of SMS for this. For this you have to send a message to 567678 or 56161. For this, you will have to give UIDPAN 12 digit Aadhaar number, 10 digit PAN number. After this you will get the message ‘Aadhaar is already associated with PAN in ITD database’. After this a message of ‘Thank you for using our services’ will come. In this way your PAN will have been linked with Aadhaar.
And what are the disadvantages of not linking PAN-Aadhaar
Your PAN card will become invalid if PAN-Aadhaar is not linked. This means that you will not be able to invest in mutual funds and stocks. You will not be able to open any bank account. It is necessary to have a PAN card for all these works.
There may be a penalty of Rs 10,000
Under Sector 272B of the Income Tax Act, if a person gives an invalid PAN card, the Assessing Officer can direct that person to deposit Rs 10,000 as penalty. Also, an invalid PAN card holder will not be able to file Income Tax Return (ITR).
PAN-Aadhaar link can be done in two ways
1. How can I get a link through the website?
- First of all go to Income Tax website
- Enter the name given in the Aadhar card, PAN number and Aadhaar number
- Square tick only if the year of birth is mentioned in the Aadhar card
- Now enter the captcha code
- Now click on Link Aadhaar button
- Your PAN will be linked with Aadhaar.
2. How to link PAN with Aadhaar by sending SMS
For this, you have to type on your phone – UIDPAN, then type 12 digit Aadhaar number and then write 10 digit PAN number. Now send the message mentioned in step 1 to 567678 or 56161.
