The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the largest institution of tax affairs in the country, has said that for those who are filing income tax returns, it is necessary to link the PAN card with Aadhaar. Actually, the Income Tax Department has extended the last date of linking to 31 March next year. Earlier it was 30 June, which has been extended later. The Income Tax Department has said that people who will not have Aadhaar and PAN links, will have to bear the consequences according to the Income Tax Act. Meanwhile, it is important that once you check yourself whether your PAN card is linked to Aadhaar or not. We are telling you the very easy way…
This is an easy way to check linking
1. For this you have to go to the website incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
2. You will see the option of ‘Quick Links’ on the left side.
3. Here you click on ‘Link Aadhaar’
4. Check if you have applied for linking before or after opening the page
5. Now this will take you to another page
6. Now insert PAN card number and Aadhar card number here
7. Now click on View Link Aadhaar Status
Only after entering the information, you will get information about the link of PAN card and Aadhaar card.
How to link PAN card to your Aadhaar card
1. For this, you have to go to the website incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.
2. For linking, you have to click on ‘Link Aadhaar’ option. Immediately a page will open in front of you, in which information like PAN card number, Aadhaar number and name will be asked from you.
3. After filling all the information, your card will be linked.
4. If you are facing any problem in online linking, then you can also do the linking through SMS.
5. By writing a UIDPN from your registered phone number, you will have to write your Aadhaar by giving a space, then you will have to write a PAN number by giving a space and then send it to 567678 or 56161.
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