How to Link Aadhaar with PAN Number?
Aadhaar Card is an essential document for all the citizens residing in India. The Government has passed an order to link Aadhaar Card to various services such as LPG Gas connection, bank account, voter Id, water bill, current bill and much more. Now the income tax department also introduced the linking of Aadhaar Card with the PAN Card Number. It has introduced this process in order to remove the process of sending income tax returns to the Central Processing Centre, Bangalore.
The Aadhaar Card of particular individual links up with the PAN Card only when the details of the individual such as Name, Gender, Date of Birth matches with the information on the PAN Card. In the process of linking Aadhaar with PAN Number, the income tax department validates the Name and other details of the user with UIDAI. Make sure that all the details on your Aadhaar Number matches with your PAN Card.
How to link Aadhaar with Permanent Account Number (PAN)?
Here are the simple steps that help the user link Aadhaar Card with the Permanent Account Number:
Step 1: First of all, you need to log on to the official website of income tax e-filing web portal.
Step 2: You need to click on the option that says link Aadhaar with PAN.
Step 3: you can find this option in the profile settings menu.
Step 4: Now you need to enter your Aadhaar Card Number in the provided field.
Step 5: You need to enter your Name as per the PAN Card details.
Step 6: in the further fields, you need to enter your Date of Birth and Gender as per the PAN Card details.
Step 7: After filling all the essential details in the provided fields, you need to enter the Captcha Code in the field provided below.
Step 8: You need to recheck all the details provided in the form.
Step 9: Now you can see two options such as Link Now and Later.
Step 10: You need to click on the link now option.
You will receive a message to your e-mail Address regarding the linking of Aadhaar with PAN Number. That’s it! You have successfully linked your Aadhaar Card Number to your PAN Card.
After the linking process, you can verify your income tax return with your Aadhaar Card via online mode. You need to keep in mind that once you link Aadhaar with PAN, it is impossible to delink it.