PAN Cards Won’t be Invalid if Not Linked With Aadhaar Card by July 1, Clarifies Tax Department

While PAN cards will not become invalid automatically after July 1, the Aadhaar-PAN linking would become mandatory.

PAN Cards Won't be Invalid if Not Linked With Aadhaar Card by July 1

New Delhi, June 30: You no longer have to rush to link your PAN with Aadhaar card as the Income Tax Department clarified that your PAN cards will not be invalid if it is not linked with Aadhaar by July 1. Earlier there were reports that the PAN cards will become invalid if it not tied-up with Aadhaar before July 1. In wake of the government making it clear that Aadhaars will be mandatory for filing Income Tax Returns and obtaining a new PAN from July 1, a lot of queries and doubts had arisen with people complaining that they were not able to link their Aadhaar with their PAN.

While PAN cards will not become invalid automatically after July 1, the Aadhaar-PAN linking would become mandatory. It has also been reported that the government may soon declare a date after which the PAN not linked to Aadhaar will become invalid.

The Income Tax Department stated that in no case your PAN will be invalidated. However, since it is mandatory from July 1, you will have to quote your Aadhaar number in the application form for a new Permanent Account Number (PAN) and in return of income. A senior Income Tax Department official clarified that the people who have not been able to link their Aadhaar with PAN card will have another option of mentioning the UIDAI-provided number in the e-ITR.

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“Every person who has been allotted permanent account number as on the 1st day of July, 2017, and who is eligible to obtain Aadhaar number, shall intimate his Aadhaar number to such authority in such form and manner as may be prescribed, on or before a date to be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette: Provided that in case of failure to intimate the Aadhaar number, the permanent account number allotted to the person shall be deemed to be invalid and the other provisions of this Act shall apply, as if the person had not applied for allotment of permanent account number,” says Section 139AA, Income-tax Act.

HOW TO LINK YOUR PAN WITH AADHAAR ONLINE

1. Visit the Income Tax e-Filing portal. You will see the linking of Aadhaar-PAN on the top of the home page of the portal.
2. Click on the ‘Link Aadhaar’ tab under Services tab.
3. A form will be displayed.
4. Enter the details as per your PAN and Aadhaar records.
5. Enter the text in the Image Capcha.
6. Visually impaired can request for a One Time Password (OTP) instead of Image Capcha.
7. Click on Link Aadhaar.
8. A success message will be displayed confirming the linking of your Aadhaar to PAN.

HOW TO LINK YOUR PAN WITH AADHAAR THROUGH SMS

Send SMS to 567678 or 56161 in the following format:

UIDPAN<SPACE><12 digit Aadhaar><Space><10 digit PAN>

Example: UIDPAN 1111222233334444 PPQQRRZZZZ

Published Date: June 30, 2017 10:59 AM IST | Updated Date: June 30, 2017 11:30 AM IST