How to Link Aadhaar with PAN Online?

The Government of India has made the linking of PAN (Permanent Account Number) with Aadhaar mandatory. Under the current laws, it is mandatory to link Aadhaar card with PAN card for filing of income tax returns (ITR), failing to do so may attract a penalty of Rs 10,000 and will also make the PAN card inoperative.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had also declared that all Indian citizens must link their PAN and Aadhaar card before the said time period. Failing to do so you may not be able to use your PAN cards for financial transactions such as opening a bank account or avail monetary benefits from the governments like pension, scholarship, LPG subsidy etc.

In a tweet, the income tax department informed that the last date has been extended from March 31 to June 30, 2021.


In case you haven’t applied for linking PAN to Aadhaar card, here’s how to by following either of the two ways:

1. How To link PAN-Aadhaar online

Step 1➺ Visit the Income Tax e-Filing website and click on the ‘Link Aadhaar’.
Step 2➺ Enter your PAN and Aadhaar number
Step 3➺ Enter the name as mentioned in your Aadhaar card
Step 4➺ In case, if only the date of birth is mentioned on your Aadhaar card and you have to tick the square
Step 5➺ Tick mark ‘I agree to validate my Aadhaar details with UIDAI’
Step 6➺ Now, enter the Captcha Code mentioned in the image for the verification
Step 7➺ You need to click on the Link Aadhaar button
Step 8➺ A pop-up message will appear showing your successfully linked Aadhaar with PAN Card.

2. How to Link Aadhaar with PAN by sending an SMS


࿗☒In order to link your Aadhaar to PAN, follow these steps:

You have to type a message in the format
UIDPAN<12 Digit Aadhaar> <10 Digit PAN>
Send the message in the above-mentioned format to either 567678 or 56161 from your registered mobile number
For example, if your Aadhaar number is 987654321012 and your PAN is ABCDE1234F, you have to type UIDPAN 987654321012 ABCDE1234F and send the message to either 567678 or 56161
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