Aadhaar-PAN linking: How to link your Aadhaar card with PAN in simple steps

June 30 is the last day to link your Aadhaar with PAN on www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in to avail host of government benefits. Follow these simple steps to link your Aadhaar number with your PAN number.

Written by: Sandhya Dangwal

Updated: June 30, 2017, 9:05 AM IST

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on the one hand the authorities pushing for providing mandatory status to Aadhar and on the other citizen's concern for privacy infringement.

Mumbai, June 30: The last day to link your Aadhaar card number with your PAN number has finally arrived. June 30 is the last day to link the two identification documents on www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. The process is pretty simple and you just need both the documents to do the linking. If you have still not linked your Aadhaar number with your PAN number, we take you through the process. Follow the simple steps to do the linking and save yourself from any problems in future.

The linking has also been necessitated as the Narendra Modi government has announced that several social welfare schemes will be linked to Aadhaar and the beneficiaries can avail the benefits only if they have shared their Aadhaar numbers for the scheme concerned. The amended income tax rules notify that the government has made quoting of the 12-digit biometric Aadhaar or the enrolment ID a must at the time of application of permanent account number (PAN).

Here’s how you can link Aadhaar and PAN in 3 simple steps.

1. All you need to do is just go to www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in and click on the link on the left side- ‘Link Aadhaar’

3. After clicking on the ‘Link Aadhaar’ option, the user in needed to enter PAN, Aadhaar no. and enter your name exactly as given in Aadhaar Card (avoid spelling mistakes) and submit.

3. After verification from UIDAI, the linking will be confirmed.

How to correct details in PAN and Aadhaar card

In case if you have some mistakes in your PAN and Aadhaar card and you want to correct them, the Income Tax Department gives you an option for that too.

1. There is an ‘Update PAN/Aadhaar Details’ option just below the Link Aadhaar option on the extreme left side of the Income Tax website incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.

2. After clicking on the ‘Update PAN/Aadhaar Details’ option, a user is taken to another page which gives links to update details of the two identification proofs. See image below

If there is a minor mismatch in the details provided by an individual when compared to the actual data in Aadhaar card, the two cards will not be linked.

Linking Aadhaar to PAN card is now a mandatory procedure for filing IT returns. The departments e-filing website has created a new link on its homepage making it “easy” to link the two unique identities of an individual. The Income Tax Department till now has linked over 2. 16 crore Aadhaar numbers with its PAN database. Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act says that every person who has been allotted PAN as on July 1, 2017 and who is eligible to obtain Aadhaar Number shall intimate the same to the tax authorities before a date to be notified by the government. An individual can avail a slew of benefits if the Aadhaar-PAN linking is done and linking Aadhaar with PAN is expected to help check tax evasion through

An individual can avail a slew of benefits if the Aadhaar-PAN linking is done and linking Aadhaar with PAN is expected to help check tax evasion through use of multiple PAN cards. Another important feature of linking both the identity documents is that they serve as proof of identity tis are necessary for registration and verification purposes.