The deadline for linking Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar number has increased. But if your PAN and Aadhaar details do not match, then you may face problems in getting the link done.
New Delhi: If you have not got PAN card (PAN-Aadhaar Linking) and Aadhar Card (PAN-Aadhaar Link) done yet, then get it done soon. The process of linking Aadhaar and PAN is very simple. You can easily accomplish this in minutes sitting at home. But the problem of those people has increased now, whose information given in Aadhar and PAN card does not match with each other.
Aadhaar and PAN details are different at times
Actually, there are thousands of such taxpayers whose important information including name, date of birth, gender does not match in PAN card and Aadhar card and there are many reasons for this. In fact, in the process of linking Aadhaar and PAN, the Income Tax Department checks the data match with UIDAI. If the information given in both the documents does not match, then the linking request is rejected.
What to do in such a situation
If your PAN-Aadhaar linking process gets rejected due to data mismatch, then you have the option of Biometric Aadhaar Authentication. For this, you have to download the Aadhaar Seeding Request from the portal of NSDL. After this, you will have to complete the process of biometric Aadhaar offline by visiting the nearest PAN card center. You can get information about your nearest PAN center from the website of NSDL or UTITSL.
What other options do you have
You have another option to link Aadhaar-PAN. With the help of which your work can probably be done. Let us tell you that before the process of linking Aadhaar-PAN, you will have to update the necessary information in one of your personal or important documents. After its completion, you can link PAN-Aadhaar online on your own.
