Linking your PAN number to the Aadhaar card has now become mandatory for filing of Income Tax Returns. The returns, however, will not be processed unless your PAN and Aadhaar are linked.
The last date of linking Aadhaar number and PAN is September 30, 2019, was notified by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on March 31, 2019. However, the deadline was previously extended from August 31, 2017, to December 31, 2017, and subsequently to March 31, 2018, followed by June 30, 2018. If you have yet not linked your Aadhaar with PAN card, you can do it in two easy ways.
1. Online linking of Aadhaar with PAN card
You can link the two by visiting the income tax e-filing portal. There are two ways – either without logging in to your account or by registering/logging in to your account.
A. Linking Aadhaar with PAN without logging to your account
ii) Click on the link at the left side, which says ‘Link Aadhaar’
iii) Enter the required details, i.e. your PAN card number, Aadhaar number, your full name
iv) Verify your details and click on submit
v) The linking of your Aadhaar with PAN card will be confirmed from the UIDAI
B. Linking Aadhaar with PAN by logging in to your account
ii) A pop-up window, prompting you to link your Aadhaar with PAN, will appear on the screen. You can go to the blue tab on the top bar named ‘Profile Settings’ and click on ‘Link Aadhaar’, in case you do not see the pop-up window
iii) Details that you already must have entered at the time of registering on to the portal will appear on the e-filing portal. You need to verify those details with that on your Aadhaar card
iv) Enter your Aadhaar card number, captcha code and click on ‘Link now’
v) You will receive a pop-up message, saying your Aadhaar has successfully been linked to your PAN card
2. Linking your Aadhaar and PAN via SMS
Taxpayers can easily link their Aadhaar with PAN through an SMS, as notified by the Income Tax Department. You may follow the below steps for the same
i) Send an SMS from your registered mobile number to 567678 or 56161 (any one of the given two numbers)
ii) The SMS should be in the format - UIDPAN10-digit PAN
iii) You will receive a confirmation message once the procedure is successfully completed.
PAN-Aadhaar linking: How to check status
- 1)Visit. http://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/home
- 2) Click on "link Aadhaar" under the "Quick Links" section on left.
- On top of the new page, click on "Click here" option blinking in red and blue.
- Enter PAN and Aadhaar Number Click on 'View Link Aadhaar Status'
- The status of the linking is displayed in the next screen
- The website will show you the status if your PAN is linked to Aadhaar or not.
Income Tax Department's SMS Facility
To check the status of PAN-Aadhaar linking through SMS, the user needs to send an SMS to 567678 or 56161 in the following format:
UIDPAN < 12 digit Aadhaar number> < 10 digit Permanent Account Number>
If the linking is successful, a message reading "Aadhaar...is already associated with PAN..in ITD database. Thank you for using our services."
