Budget 2019: Aadhaar, PAN Steps To Expand Tax Base, Say Experts

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Budget in Parliament on July 5, said more than 120 crore citizens of the country now have Aadhaar. "Therefore, for ease and convenience of taxpayers, I propose to make PAN and Aadhaar interchangeable," she said. The Finance Minister said that individuals not having PAN will be allowed to file income tax returns "by simply quoting their Aadhaar number". The assessees will al...