If you had applied for Aadhaar before 1 October 2024 and your PAN card is made on the basis of the same Aadhaar enrollment ID, then there is a relief news for you.
The government has given such people time till 31 December 2025 to link PAN and Aadhaar. Those who have been issued PAN on the basis of the old application form of Aadhaar have now been given time till 31 December 2025 to provide their Aadhaar number information to the Income Tax Department.
However, for all other PAN card holders, the last date for linking with Aadhaar without penalty was 30 June 2023. Now if anyone wants to get the linking done, he will have to pay a penalty of Rs 1,000.
How can we link?
The process of linking PAN and Aadhaar can be done both online and offline.
Online: You can easily do the linking by visiting the official website of the Income Tax Department.
Offline: You will have to go to any service center of NSDL or UTIITSL and fill the ‘Annexure-I’ form. You will also have to take a copy of PAN and Aadhar card with you.
Before linking PAN and Aadhaar, make sure that the name, date of birth and gender details in both are the same. If there is any difference in these details, the linking may be rejected. In such a case, you will have to get correction done either in Aadhaar or PAN.
This update is special for those who are new PAN holders and whose PAN is made on the basis of Aadhaar enrollment ID. Such people need not panic, they have now got time till December 2025.
If other people have not yet linked their PAN and Aadhaar, they should pay the fine and complete this work as soon as possible so that there is no problem in future.
