How to Link Aadhaar with PAN Card?
 

To verify your PAN Aadhar link status, you can simply visit the Income Tax Department e-filing portal and use your Permanent Account Number and Aadhar number to check the status.

After visiting the official Income Tax Department portal, you will need to click on the ‘Link Aadhaar Status’ on the homepage. After filling in your PAN and Aadhar details, you will be able to see if they are linked. In case the linking is incomplete, you can proceed with a hyperlink on a pop-up notification.

As per the most recent update by the Government, the last date to link PAN with Aadhaar is March 31, 2023. Earlier it was March 31, 2022.

If you get such a message indicating that the authentication has failed, it could be due to a discrepancy in your date of birth or your gender in PAN and Aadhaar. They will need to be the same so that the linking does not fail. You can either make the changes in the Aadhaar or PAN database.

There is no requirement for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to link their PAN with Aadhar because under the Aadhar Act of Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, Aadhar is not issued to those who are not residents of India or Indian citizens.

If there is a mismatch in your name or date of birth between your PAN and Aadhar, the linking will remain incomplete. However, you can match both details by correcting them as given below:

• First, visit  www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in

• Click on the left-hand side of the page under Services > Link Aadhaar.

• Fill in all the necessary details like your PAN and Aadhaar number, and the correct name and/or date of birth

• Click ‘Submit’ after ensuring that you have inserted the right information.

If you do not have a PAN card, you can opt for Form 60 under the Income Tax Act of 1962. Form 60 is a signed affidavit mentioning that you do not possess a PAN card and that your income is lower than the taxable limit.

Even if your annual income is well below the taxable limit, you must mandatorily link your PAN and Aadhar as per Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Currently, you need not link Aadhaar-PAN if:

• You are a resident of Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, and Meghalaya

• You are a non-resident Indian (NRI) as per the Income Tax Act, 1961

• You are not a citizen of India

• Have completed 80 years or more in the last year

No, you need not produce any document proof when linking your PAN and Aadhar online. However, if there is a mismatch in the details and you need to rectify them offline, you may have to show an additional identity proof.

If you are an NRI, there is no need to link your Aadhar and PAN since you will not have an Aadhar card. However, if you are a resident travelling abroad, you can link your PAN and Aadhar as long as you are able to access the official Income Tax Department portal.

It takes about 90 days for your new mobile number to be updated in the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) database. This is how you can link your mobile number with your Aadhaar card:

• Visit an Aadhaar Enrolment Centre and fill in the Aadhaar Update/Correction Form.

• Submit these details to the Aadhaar official and pay a fee of ₹50.

• On receiving the acknowledgement slip with the Update Request Number (URN), you can use this number to check your request status.

Details such as your name, date of birth and gender will have to be verified when linking your PAN and Aadhar. Ensure that the PAN details match your Aadhaar details. In case of a mismatch, you can get the information on one of the documents changed.

There 'Identity Data Mismatch' error will show when your PAN and Aadhar details, such as name, date of birth and gender, do not match in both databases. This will affect the linking process, which will remain incomplete till the details are corrected to match one another.

The deadline for linking Aadhaar and PAN is March 31, 2023. If this process is not completed before the deadline, your PAN will become inactive. Hence, even if your PAN card has all the correct details, it cannot be used anywhere. This ultimately indicates that you do not hold a valid PAN.

After you make the payment for linking your PAN with your Aadhaar on the NSDL (Protean) portal, it will take about 4-5 days for the linking process to be complete.