The Government of India has mandated to link PAN & Aadhaar. The Department of Revenue had issued notification dated 1st July 2017 regarding this new implementation. The earlier timeline was 31st March 2023 but looking at the lower number of citizens who could complete this PAN & Aadhaar linking exercise, it was further extended till 30th June 2023. Now you will have to adhere to the 30th June time line, as the Income Tax department has no indication for further extension.
Linking your PAN-Aadhaar is not a big task. So if you have not done it yet, do check out the below steps for linkage.
Simple steps to link/check Aadhar-PAN linking status on internet :
Step 1: Visit the income tax website www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
Step 2: On the home page, go to “Important Links” where you will find Go to E-filing website for
PAN-Aadhaar Linkage
Step 3: Enter your PAN and then Aadhaar number
Step 4: Click on the validate button
Step 5: If your PAN-Aadhaar is already linked you will get a pop-up message showing the same. If it is not linked already you will be able proceed further to validate and link it.
You can also link PAN-Aadhaar by sending SMS. Send the below SMS to the numbers 567678 or 56161 : UIDPAN<12 Digit Aadhaar Number><10 Digit PAN Number> and your linking will be done.
In case you fail to link PAN & Aadhaar?
If you do not link PAN and Aadhaar by 30th June 2023, your PAN card will be inoperative from 1st July 2023. That means all your work where PAN was used will be affected as you will not be able to use PAN further. Key issues that you will face if your PAN is not working are, you will not be able to file Income Tax Returns, pending returns will not be processed and tax will be deducted at a higher rate in absence of valid PAN.