How to Link Aadhaar Number with PAN Card Online?
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By June 30, 2023, every citizen with a PAN card should link it to their Aadhaar card. All taxpayers with PAN cards must link them to their Aadhaar cards by the deadline or face fines from the government. However, before attempting to link PAN and Aadhaar, Rs. 1,000 should be paid. If Aadhaar-PAN link is not completed by June 30, 2023, Your PAN card will cease to function on July 1, 2023. Because of these reasons, make sure your PAN card is linked to your Aadhaar card.
People living in India and at least 18 years of age and of any gender is eligible to sign up for an Aadhaar number. The application process is free. Once a person is enrolled, the database stores all their information permanently. Aadhaar numbers can be generated to only one person.
How can you check if your PAN and Aadhaar are linked?
The deadline for Pan-Aadhaar linkage has been changed from March 31, 2022, to June 30, 2023. However, March 31, 2022, is the last day to link PAN and Aadhaar without paying penalty. Now a Rs. 1,000 penalties for linking PAN and Aadhaar.
It should be noted that the Income Tax Department will not process your Income Tax Returns if you do not link PAN and Aadhaar while filing. To link the two identity cards in both cases—where there are similar names in the two databases or slight differences—people can go to the official Income Tax e-filing website.
If you are not sure that PAN and Aadhaar are linked, you can check through the following process.
(1). Go to the income tax filing website. Then click on the 'Link Aadhaar Status' link under Quick Links.
(2). Enter your Aadhaar and PAN details and then click on 'View Aadhaar Status.'
(3). Here, if your Aadhaar and PAN are not linked, you will see a pop-up not linking PAN with Aadhaar. You can follow these steps to link them. And if they are already linked there is no need to take any action.
How to link your Aadhaar with PAN?
There are two main steps to link your PAN with your Aadhaar:
(1). Full payment fee in NSDL Portal under Major Head (0021) and Minor Head (500) for AY 2023-24.
(2). Then submit the Pan-Aadhaar Link Request.
Documents to be ready with you:
(1). Aadhaar card.
(2). PAN card.
(3). The Registered Mobile number linked with Aadhaar.
(1) Pay the fee on NSDL portal
Step 1: Go to Tax Payment page and there you select Challan Number/ITNS 280 under Non-TDS/TCS category.
Step 2: On the next page, select Head ‘(0021)’ and then ‘(500)’.
Step 3: Scroll down and select the payment method and enter other required details.
Step 4: Proceed to make the payment and follow the next steps to submit the Aadhaar-PAN link request. It is said to wait 3-4 days after submitting this request.
(2). II. Submit requests offline or online to link Aadhaar number and PAN.
By going to Income Tax e-filing website, you can link your PAN with Aadhaar number online. You can also do it through SMS. You can link your PAN to your Aadhaar in three different ways:
(1). Linking of Aadhaar number and PAN through SMS option.
(2). Without logging into your account.
(3). Logging into your account.
Method 1: Linking Aadhaar number and PAN through SMS option.
Now you can link PAN and Aadhaar through SMS. The Income Tax Department has asked taxpayers to link their Aadhaar with PAN using this SMS-based option. It can be linked by sending an SMS to 567678 or 56161 from your registered mobile number in the following format:
UIDPAN<SPACE><12-digit Aadhaar<SPACE>10-digit PAN>
Ex: - UIDPAN 123457869022 AKSU2345EN
