Link Aadhaar With PAN Immediately, Says Tax Department. How To Do It

To link Aadhaar with PAN, the Income Tax Department has launched a new facility to complete the process quickly. The government, under the Finance Act 2017, has made it mandatory for taxpayers to quote Aadhaar or enrolment ID of Aadhaar application form for filing income tax returns (ITR). Also, Aadhaar has been made mandatory for applying for PAN or permanent account number with effect from July 1, 2017. "Taxpayers are requested to use the simplified process to complete the linking of Aadhaar with PAN immediately. This will be useful for E-Verification of Income Tax returns using OTP sent to their mobile registered with Aadhaar," the Income Tax Department said in an email to taxpayers.

Here's the process to link Aadhaar with PAN in 10 steps:

1) The income tax department's e-filing website - incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in - has a new link on its homepage for connecting Aadhaar with PAN of a taxpayer.

To link Aadhaar with PAN, the Income Tax Department has launched a new facility to complete the process quickly. The government, under the Finance Act 2017, has made it mandatory for taxpayers to quote Aadhaar or enrolment ID of Aadhaar application form for filing income tax returns (ITR). Also, Aadhaar has been made mandatory for applying for PAN or permanent account number with effect from July 1, 2017. "Taxpayers are requested to use the simplified process to complete the linking of Aadhaar with PAN immediately. This will be useful for E-Verification of Income Tax returns using OTP sent to their mobile registered with Aadhaar," the Income Tax Department said in an email to taxpayers.

Here's the process to link Aadhaar with PAN in 10 steps:

1) The income tax department's e-filing website - incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in - has a new link on its homepage for connecting Aadhaar with PAN of a taxpayer.