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PAN–Aadhaar Link Status: How to Check Your Status

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PAN-Aadhar Link: Aadhaar should be linked to PAN in case an individual has been provided a Permanent Account Number (PAN) on or before the first day of July, 2017. Again, the Income Tax Department has informed the PAN holders that they need to go through this process before the end of December 31, 2025. Otherwise, their PAN will become useless, and they will fail to make big financial or tax transactions.

Information of Deadline and Late Fee

The final date to link PAN to Aadhaar is December 31, 2025.

  • The taxpayers who are still to be connected will have to pay a late fee of 1000 at the commencement of the process, after which they are likely to proceed with the whole process.
  • However, the beneficiaries of a PAN after October 1, 2024, having an Aadhaar enrolment ID are not subject to the fine and can, free of charge, link their documents until the deadline.

The department has threatened that it will relegate the PAN to non-functionality in case of failing to meet the deadline.

When your PAN ceases to work, what will happen?

Your PAN is not registered with Aadhaar:

  • Your PAN services can cease.
  • Monetary transactions that might require a PAN can be affected.
  • Taxation processing and filing may be an issue.

The Income Tax Department made it very clear that PAN-Aadhaar linkage is obligatory for all qualified individuals.

New PAN applicant verification, Aadhaar-based

Being a new applicant for PAN, Aadhaar verification on applications is already compulsory. This means that there is no clear connection step that is usually required sometime in future.

Linking of PAN to Aadhaar

In order to create the linking it is advisable to follow the following steps:

  1. Visit the Income Tax e-filing site and log in.
  2. Click on the Aadhaar link on your profile.
  3. You are then required to enter your PAN, Aadhaar number, and you are then required to choose continue to pay using e- Pay Tax.
  4. Select the Assessment and payment year as Other Receipts.
  5. The 1000 fee (where applicable) will be in the form of an auto proceed to payment.
  6. It will produce a challan – choose a way of payment and complete the transaction.
  7. Return to the portal and complete the process of linking.

Checking whether your PAN is already linked or not

  1. Visit the e-filing portal of the Income Tax.
  2. Click “Link Aadhaar Status.”
  3. key in PAN and Aadhaar numbers.
  4. Submit — the status would be shown on the spot.

What if the Aadhaar and PAN information are not synchronised?

Should your name, date of birth or any other details not match:

  1. Register Aadhaar at UIDAI.
  2. Alter PAN details using Protean (NSDL) or UTIITSL.
  3. To be biometrically verified, visit an official PAN service centre in case the problem still exists.

Final Reminder

The taxpayers are encouraged to complete the PAN-Aadhaar linking before December 31, 2025, to prevent punishments, inconvenience and interference of financial services.

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