Patna. To bring economic transparency in the country, the Income Tax Department has made it mandatory to link PAN card with Aadhaar. If PAN card is not linked with Aadhaar card, PAN card will become inactive. Till now 50 thousand PAN card holders in Bihar have not linked their PAN card with Aadhaar. In such a situation, his PAN card can be cancelled. The last date to link PAN with Aadhaar is till June 30.
June 30 is the last date
June 30 has been fixed as the last date for linking PAN card and Aadhaar card with a late fee of one thousand rupees. If a person does not get Aadhaar card linked in his PAN card by the last date, then his PAN card will become inactive. Along with this, action can also be taken by the government on using such PAN card. According to the information received from the Income Tax Department, there are more than 50 thousand PAN cards in Bihar, which are not yet linked to Aadhaar. Because of this there is a possibility of their cancellation. Along with this, many people have got PAN card made on duplicate or fake name and address. But the reality of this will come to the fore only after June 30. Only after the last date is over, it will be clear that how many PAN cards are fake or messed up, which have been cancelled.
PAN card will be canceled or deactivated
CA Mukund Mayank said that if you do not link your PAN card with your Aadhaar card, then you may also face difficulties in doing bank transactions. Whether your PAN card is linked to your Aadhaar card or not can be known online. For this, the link status can be known just by following some easy steps. According to the order issued from the level of the Union Finance Ministry, from July 1, 2023, the PAN card not linked to Aadhaar will be canceled or made inactive. According to the received data, the number of PAN holders in the country is about 61 crores. Out of these, about 51 crore PANs have been linked with Aadhaar card.
how to check
First go to the Income Tax e-filing portal, on the home page select the option of Link Aadhaar Status, after selecting the Link Aadhaar Status option, enter the PAN and Aadhaar number, after which a pop-up message will appear, if Aadhaar and PAN are linked , the message will appear – Your PAN is already linked with the given Aadhaar. If not, a message will appear – PAN is not linked to Aadhaar, then click on Link Aadhaar to link Aadhaar with PAN card, after which a message will appear Aadhaar-PAN linking request has been sent to UIDAI for verification, Link Aadhaar Check the status later by clicking on the status.
