Read to know more about linking Aadhar and PAN card
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As government has ordered taxpayers to link their Aadhar number with their PAN, many people are busy logging into the government Income tax site and getting their duty done.
The move is intended to check tax evasion through multiple pan cards by linking them to respective unique 12-digit identification number of taxpayers. By far 2.07 crore have already linked their PAN to Aadhar. But there remains a lot more left and only one day to go for the linking. Report says that there is no need to panic as people still have more time on their hands to link their Aadhar and PAN. With the Central Government yet to declare a definite deadline for linking Aadhar and PAN, it is safe to say that there is still time for taxpayers.
Sub-section (2) of Section 13 AA under Income Tax Act states, “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.”
It is clear from the statement that date ‘on or before’ which Aadhar and PAN have to be linked will be notified in the Official Gazette by the Central Government. It however states that Aadhar has to be mandatorily mentioned in the application for a new PAN and in the return of income.
Meanwhile a PTI report quoting a senior Income Tax Department official stated that people who are not able to link their Aadhaar and Permanent Account Number (PAN) by July 1, will have the option to mention the UIDAI-provided number in the e-ITR and this will be considered a valid linking of the two unique numbers.
“It has been made abundantly clear that no PAN, which is not linked to Aadhaar, will be cancelled from July 1. However, any person who wants to e-file their ITRs will either have to have an Aadhaarnumber or the enrolment id to be mentioned in their ITR or prior link it over the e-filing portal of the department,” a senior I-T official said.
“If Aadhaar credentials are not linked with PAN or mentioned in the ITR, then such a person will not be able to e-file,” the official added.
E-filing of ITR is mandatory for all individuals except whose income is less than Rs 5 lakh per annum and those who are above 80 years of age.
How to link Aadhar and PAN
Log in to www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in and link your Aadhar and PAN or Send SMS to 567678 or 56161 from your registered mobile number in following format:
UIDPAN<SPACE><12 digit Aadhaar><Space><10 digit PAN>
Example: UIDPAN 123456789123 AKPLM2124M