The last date to link your PAN card with Aadhaar card is 30 September, according to a notification issued by the Finance Ministry on 31 March 2019. Although the government has extended the deadline to link the two IDs several times in the past, 30 September is likely to be the final deadline to complete the process.
According to the amended Finance Bill 2019, all PAN cards that are not linked with Aadhaar will become 'inoperative', meaning that government will not consider those cards to be in use. However, it is not clear if the cards can be made operative again since the government is yet to define 'inoperative'.
- How to link your Aadhaar with PAN card online?
Step 1: The first step for linking your PAN to your Aadhaar is to visit the official Government website of the income tax e-filling department at www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
Step 2: Upon reaching the website, enter your PAN card number
Step 3: Enter your exact Aadhaar number in the required field
Step 4: Fill up Name as per your the name on your Aadhaar card
Step 5: Click on the category ‘I have only year of birth in Aadhaar Card’ if you have only year of birth in Aadhaar card.
Step 6: Click on the category ‘ I agree to validate my Aadhaar details with UIDAI’ if you are willing to validate your Aadhaar details to UIDAI.
Step 7: Further moving on you will find a ‘Captcha Code’ in which there will be an image with a code in it which you have to enter in the box given below or if a person is visually challenged then he/she will request OTP(One Time Password) category of the website.
Step 8: The last step is to click the ‘Link Aadhaar’ button to request to link aadhaar with PAN card.
- How to check your PAN-Aadhaar link status?
Check the online status of your PAN-Aadhaar card link from the Income Tax Department's website. You can also check it from clicking this link at www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
By clicking this link you have to fill up the PAN and Aadhaar Card number to check the link Aadhaar status.
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