Aadhaar-PAN Link Last Date on June 30:
Once PAN card gets inoperative, an individual will not be able to do financial transactions in future.
The government had extended the deadline to link PAN and Aadhaar card to June 30. However, the extended deadlines is less than a month to link both the documents. If the users fail to link the documents a penalty of Rs 1,000 will be imposed and their PAN card will become inoperative. The new guidelines have come under the new section (section 234H) of the Income-tax Act 1961 which was recently added when Finance Bill 2021 was passed.
Where Aadhaar number is used for filling income tax returns, PAN is used to take monetary benefits from government schemes such as LPG subsidy, scholarship, and pension etc.
IT Department through their official Twitter account tweeted that the deadline for linking Aadhaar and PAN card has been extended. “Central Government extends the last date for linking of Aadhaar number with PAN from 31st March, 2021 to 30th June, 2021, due to COVID-19 pandemic situation,” the IT department said on Twitter.
How to link Aadhaar and PAN card?
There are two ways to link PAN and Aadhaar card. An individual can do it through messaging by sending SMS to 567678 or 56161. An E-filling website can be also follow the same. An individual can manually fill a specified form at PAN service centre.
Check Online PAN is Linked With Aadhaar.
How to check online if PAN-Aadhaar is linked?
Step 1: Open official site of income tax department, www.incometax.gov.in.
Step 2: On the income tax’s website homepage an option that reads ‘Link Aadhaar’ will be displayed, under the Quick Links section.
Step 3: Click on the Link Aadhaar ‘Know About your Aadhaar PAN linking Status’ option under ‘Link Aadhaar’.
Step 4: It opens a new tab. Enter the PAN and Aadhaar Card details in the mentioned box.
Step 5: Once you fill the details, click on ‘View Link Aadhaar Status’.
Step 6: The status of your Aadhaar-PAN will be displayed on the website.
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