As per Section-139AA of the Income Tax Act, the IT Department states if you do not link your Aadhaar and PAN Card, your PAN card becomes invalid to make IT returns and do financial transactions. Earlier 30th June 2021 is the last date for linking, now it has been extended to 30th Sept 2021.
you can link your Aadhaar number with PAN in any of the two ways:
- Using facility on e-Filing portal https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
- Using the SMS facility
To link online through Income Tax Portal
Step 1: Open the below link.
https://eportal.incometax.gov.in/iec/foservices/#/pre-login/bl-link-aadhaar
Step 2: Enter the necessary details and click on “Link Aadhaar”
Step 3: To know the linking status of your PAN & Aadhaar, open the below link.
https://eportal.incometax.gov.in/iec/foservices/#/pre-login/link-aadhaar-status
Step 4: Enter the details and click on “View link Aadhaar Status” to view the status.
To Link through SMS Facility
You can link your Aadhaar with PAN via an SMS.
- You will need to send an SMS to 567678 or 56161
- In the text message, you need to type, ‘UIDAI PAN (12digit Aadhaar number) space (10-digit PAN Number)‘
- Finally, tap on send.
- You can check the status of the PAN Aadhaar link using the above link.
Note: Check the status after an hour after linking.
