How To Link PAN Card With Aadhaar? March 31 Deadline

Link PAN Card With Aadhaar:

It has been made essential to link your PAN card with Aadhaar. If a PAN card is not linked to Aadhaar, an individual will be unable to invest in mutual funds, stocks, or open a bank account, among other things, because providing a PAN card is required in all of those cases. Your income tax return would not be processed if your Aadhaar is not linked with PAN. Linking of your PAN with Aadhaar is also indispensable if you are carrying out banking transactions for an amount of Rs.50,000 and above.

As per latest Govt. of India directive, if you fail to do PAN Aadhaar linking, your PAN will become ‘inoperative’ after March 31st, 2022.  Therefore who have not yet linked the two ID cards are requested to link them before March 31 or the PAN will become inoperable.

How to Link PAN Card with Aadhaar ?

There are two different ways in which you can link your PAN card and Aadhaar. Linking PAN card with an Aadhaar card is very simple and you can link your Aadhaar number with PAN in any of the two ways:

Step 1: Using the SMS facility

Step 2: Using facility on e-Filing portal https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in

 How to Link PAN Card with Aadhaar via SMS ? 

Step 1: Type UIDPAN<12-digit Aadhaar><Space><10-digit PAN> on your mobile

Step 2: Send it to 567678 or 56161

Example: UIDPAN 123456789123 ABCDE1234F

 How to Link PAN Card with Aadhaar via Income Tax e-filing website ? 

Step 1: Go to www.incometax.gov.in . 

Step 2: Click on the ‘Link Aadhaar’ tab.

Step 3: Enter your following credentials

• PAN;

• Aadhaar no.,

• Name as exactly specified on the Aadhaar card and

• Mobile number

In case if only year of birth is mentioned in your Aadhaar card, then select the check box asking “I have only year of birth in Aadhaar card”.

Tick on the box that says, “I agree to validate my Aadhaar details”. It is mandatory to select this check box to proceed further for Aadhaar linking.

Step 3: Click on the ‘Link Now’ prompt

Step 4: You will receive a 6-digit One Time Password on your mobile number. Enter this OTP on the verification page on your screen. Once you enter the OTP, click on ‘Validate’ button.

How to Check the Status of PAN Card link with Aadhaar ?

Step 1: Visit the Income Tax Department’s official website and go to Aadhaar Status or click on the link incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/aadhaarstatus.

Step 2: Enter your PAN and Aadhaar Number.

Step 3: Next click on ‘View Link Aadhaar Status’.

Important Links

 

Link PAN Card with Aadhaar	Click Here
Check PAN Aadhaar Link Status	Click Here
Official Website	www.incometax.gov.in