Linking PAN card with Aadhaar: If you have not linked PAN number with Aadhaar, then you have a chance till March 31, 2022 (PAN-Aadhaar linking last date). It is mandatory to link PAN-Aadhaar with each other.
Linking PAN card with Aadhaar: The last date for linking PAN number with Aadhaar (PAN-Aadhaar Link) is March 31. In such a situation, if you have not yet linked your PAN with Aadhaar, then do it immediately. If you have PAN number If you have not linked Aadhaar with Aadhaar, then you have a chance till 31 March 2022 (PAN-Aadhaar linking last date). It is mandatory to link PAN-Aadhaar with each other. If not, the PAN card will be invalidated.
The Income Tax Department has extended the deadline for linking PAN with Aadhaar to 31 March 2022. If your PAN card is not linked with Aadhar card till the given deadline, then you may have to pay a fine for this. Let us know how you can link your Aadhar card with PAN card.
Follow this path to link
To link PAN-Aadhaar, visit the Income Tax e-filing website. On the left side of the site page, you will find the option of Quick Links. Here you have to click on the ‘Link Aadhaar’ option. Here you have to enter your PAN, Aadhar number and name. After giving this information, an OTP will be sent to you. After entering the OTP, your Aadhaar and PAN will be linked. Keep in mind that the Income Tax Department crosschecks your details whether your Aadhaar and PAN information is valid or not.
Check whether PAN-Aadhaar is linked or not
- First of all go to the Income Tax Department’s eFiling website www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.
- Go to the ‘Quick links’ head at the top and click on ‘Link Aadhaar’.
- After this a new page will open on the screen.
- There will be a hyperlink at the top of this page, which will be written in English, you have already requested to link Aadhaar, so click here to know the status.
- After clicking on this hyper link, you will have to enter your PAN and Aadhaar details.
- Click on ‘View Link Aadhaar Status’. In its result, you will know whether PAN is linked with your Aadhaar or not.
How to link PAN with Aadhaar through message
Taxpayers who want to link Aadhaar number with PAN will have to send SMS to 567678 or 56161 from their registered mobile number. Its format is UIDPAN<space><12 digit aadhar card><space><10 digit PAN> then send it to 567678 or 56161.
For example, if your Aadhar number is 123456123456 and PAN card number is ABCDE0007M then you have to type the message: UIDPAN 123456123456ABCDE0007M. If the taxpayer’s name and date of birth are found to be identical in both Aadhaar and PAN, then it will be linked. On the other hand, you can visit the Income Tax website for more information.
