How To Link Aadhaar Card And PAN Card

You can link your PAN and Aadhaar through the following ways: 

• On the Income Tax e-filing website
• Via SMS Facility
• Visiting an NSDL or UTIITSL PAN Center for Biometric verification

Linking Aadhaar with PAN for Registered Users of Income Tax e-filing website

Existing tax payers would already have a user ID & password for the e-filing website. They can login to the portal and follow these steps to link their PAN & Aadhaar:

• Login to the e-filing website using your PAN (User ID), password and your date of birth.
• After logging in, click on 'Profile Settings' tab and select the last option 'Link Aadhaar'.
• On this page, you will be required to enter your PAN number, name (as it appears on your PAN card), Date of Birth & your Aadhaar number
• Enter the CAPTCHA on the screen and hit ‘Submit’.
• If the details on your PAN and Aadhaar are an exact match, you will get a success message.
• If there are discrepancies in the details, it is advised to visit your nearest PAN center operated by NSDL or UTIITSL to get the mismatch resolved before linking PAN & Aadhaar.

Linking Aadhaar with PAN for Non-Registered Users of Income Tax e-filing website

If you are not registered on the e-filing website and do not wish to get registered just to link your PAN and Aadhaar, no worries, you can do that too.

• On the homepage of the e-filing website, you can find the option ‘Link Aadhaar’.
• Click on this link which will take you to the form. 
• On this form, you will be required to fill in your PAN number, name (as it appears on your PAN card), Date of Birth & your Aadhaar number.
• Enter the CAPTCHA on the screen and hit ‘Submit’.
• If the details on your PAN and Aadhaar are an exact match, you will get a success message.

Point to remember: While using online linking process, an OTP would be sent in case there is a mismatch in the name but date of birth and gender are matching. This OTP would be sent to the registered mobile number on your Aadhaar to verify and proceed with the linking process. However, users are advised to rectify any discrepancies in the name on PAN & Aadhaar before proceeding with the linking to avoid future problems.

How to link Aadhaar and PAN via SMS?

If you are unable to use the department's e-filing website to link your PAN and Aadhaar then there are other ways to link PAN and Aadhaar. PAN and Aadhaar can be linked by sending a simple SMS. You can send an SMS to either of the PAN service providers, NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited or UTI Infrastructure Technology and Services Limited (UTIITL).

You have to send a simple SMS in a specific format to either 567678 or 56161. The format is:

UIDPAN SPACE 12 digit Aadhaar SPACE 10 digit PAN

For example, if your Aadhaar number is 123412341234 and PAN is ABCDP5678Q. Then you are required to send an SMS in the below format to 567678 or 56161

UIDPAN 123412341234 ABCDP5678Q

This service is free of charge. However, your mobile operator may charge you for the SMS as per your rental plan.

Manual linking of PAN & Aadhaar using Form (Annexure – I)

CBDT has also provided a manual method to link your PAN & Aadhaar in case of discrepancies in name on both these documents. This method helps uses to sort out any information mismatch on their PAN & Aadhaar so that they can link them without any issues.

• Users should visit their nearest NSDL or UTIITSL PAN Centres, fill up form ‘Annexure-I’ and submit it along with the necessary supporting documents.
• This service is not free like other services and may charge a nominal fee on the applicants.
• The fee paid will depend on whether the PAN or Aadhaar data should be corrected when linking.
• A fee of Rs.110 shall be charged for any corrections on the PAN card and Rs.25 shall be charged for any corrections on your Aadhaar.
• Biometric authentication will be done in case of major mismatch in data of PAN and Aadhaar.
• It is always advisable to get any mismatch rectified before you proceed with the linking process.

What will happen if I don’t link my PAN and Aadhaar before June 30th?

The Income Tax Department is continually urging citizens to link their PAN and Aadhaar before the stipulated deadline. It is now mandatory to link your PAN & Aadhaar without fail.

In case you do not link your PAN & Aadhaar before the deadline, the IT Department has announced that, it will become ‘inoperative’. You will be unable to use your PAN financial transactions like bank account opening, investment in a fixed deposit, income tax returns, etc. An Inoperative PAN effectively means that the person does not have a PAN.

So, what will happen if you miss the deadline and link it on a later date?

CBDT has issues a notification on February 13th, 2020 to this effect. PAN will become operational again from the date on which PAN is linked to Aadhaar. For example, if you have not linked your PAN & Aadhaar by June 30th, 2020, it will become inoperative on July 1st, 2020. If you then go and complete the linking on July 15th, 2020, your PAN will once again become operative from this date.