2022-11-21 12:52:53

Income Tax linked with Aadhar to link with PAN

Introduction

The Link Aadhaar service is accessible to both registered and unregistered taxpayers on e-Filing who have a valid PAN and Aadhaar number. With this service, you can:

Link Aadhaar with PAN on the e-Filing website of the Income Tax:

Pre-login on the e-Filing homepage for both registered and unregistered users or taxpayers.
Post-login to the e-Filing on the website for registered users.

View your Link Aadhaar status from the e-Filing homepage of the portal

CBDT has elongated the deadline for linking of Aadhaar with the PAN from 31st March 2022 to 31st March 2023 so that you can link the Aadhar with the PAN up to 31st March 2023. You will be needed to pay a fee of Rs. 500 up to 30th June 2022 and a fee of Rs 1000 from 1st July 2022.

Prerequisites for benefits of this service:

Valid PAN
Aadhaar number
Valid mobile number

There are two main steps for a link of Aadhar card with the PAN which are as follows:

Payment of fee on NSDL portal under Major head (0021) and Minor head (500) for Assessment Year of 2023-24.
Submit the Aadhaar link request on the e-Filing portal or website after 4-5 working days of making of payment on the NSDL portal.

Guidance for Step-by-Step to link Aadhar with PAN

There are many steps to link Aadhar with PAN which are mentioned following:

1. Payment of application fee on the NSDL portal under major head (0021) and newly added minor head (500) for Assessment Year 2023-24.

Go to the e-Payment for TIN (egov-nsdl.com) to pay the late fee of Rs. 500 or Rs.1000 according to the case may be.
Now click on the Proceed button in the non-TDS or TCS category Challan no. or ITNS 280.
After the click of Proceed button challan will be shown which will have a major and minor head.
Enter the essential details (PAN, Assessment Year, mode of payment, etc).

Note:

If the amount is less than or greater than the particular amount then the amount shall be marked as invalid for purpose of Aadhaar-PAN linkage.
Only single challan of the application fee is Rs. 500 up to 30th June 2022 and Rs. 1000 after 30th Jun 2022 with Minor head code Rs.500 will think that the fee for Aadhaar link with PAN and multiple challans with major head (0021), minor head (500) and Assessment Year 2023-24 aggregating to Rs. 500 up to 30th June 202 or Rs. 1000 from 1st July 2022 onwards till 31st March 2023 will not be considered as valid fee payment.
There should not be any accumulation of challans with PAN-Minor head 500 to arrive at an amount of Rs. 500 or 1000.
The applicable fee for challan should be with the Assessment Year 2023-24 only.

2. Submit the PAN-Aadhaar link request on the e-Filing portal or website after 4-5 working days of making the fee payment on the NSDL portal.

(Now, no validity period will be there for linking Aadhar with PAN post fee payment on the NSDL (now protean) portal.)

Go to the e-filing portal and you Login on the Dashboard, under the Link Aadhaar to PAN option then you click on Link Aadhaar, you click on the Link Aadhar in the personal details or information section.
Now, Click on the PAN and Aadhaar no. and click Validate.

Note: Please assure that you link your correct Aadhaar no. with your correct PAN number.

If Aadhaar and PAN are already linked or PAN is linked to some other Aadhaar card then you will obtain some following errors:

PAN is already connected with the Aadhar or with some other Aadhar.
If your PAN is linked with some other Aadhaar then you may be required to lodge a grievance or contact the e-Filing Helpdesk to un-link the Aadhaar and PAN.

After validating PAN and Aadhar

Scenario-1

If you have made payment of challan on NSDL Portal and payments details are verified through e-filing.

After validating your PAN and Aadhar then you will see a pop-up message that “Your payment details are confirmed”. And you click on Continue on the pop-up message for submitting the Aadhaar link request.
Fill in all the necessary details and then click on the Link Aadhaar button.
Enter the 6-digit OTP that is received on your mobile no. which is mentioned in the previous step.
Your request for an Aadhaar link has been submitted successfully then you can check the Aadhaar-PAN link status.

Scenario-2

If the payment details about the payment are not verified on the e-filing portal.

(i) After validating your PAN and Aadhaar then you will see a pop-up message “Payments details not found”. Now you Click Continue to pay of fee on the NSDL Portal as payment of the fee is the pre-requisite to submit the PAN-Aadhaar link request.

Note: If you have already paid the fee on the NSDL portal then you can wait for 4-5 working days after that you can submit the request.

Scenario-3

In case the record for PAN and minor head code, 500 is there but the challan is already pre-occupy for linking.

Step: (i) After validating the PAN and Aadhaar card then you will see a pop-up message “Payment done earlier for this PAN has already been used for Aadhaar -PAN linking”. And now you Click Continue to make the payment of the fee on the NSDL portal.

Note: If you have raised an Aadhar-PAN linkage request earlier then kindly make the payment of the fee again on the NSDL portal and submit the Aadhaar-PAN linking request 4-5 working days after the payment.

View Link Aadhaar Status

On the homepage of the e-Filing portal, you click on Link Aadhaar Status.
Enter your PAN and Aadhaar Number, and then click on the View Link Aadhaar Status.

After the successful validation, a message will display your Link Aadhaar status.

Conclusion

It concluded that CBDT has elongated the deadline for linking Aadhaar with the PAN from 31st March 2022 to 31st March 2023 so that you can link the Aadhar with the PAN up to 31st March 2023. You will be needed to pay a fee of Rs. 500 up to 30th June 2022 and a fee of Rs 1000 from 1st July 2022.

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