Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act provides that every individual who has been allotted a Permanent Account Number (PAN) as on the 1st day of July, 2017, and who is eligible to obtain an Aadhaar number, shall intimate Aadhaar number in the prescribed form and manner. In other words, such persons have to mandatorily link their Aadhaar and PAN before the prescribed date (31.03.2022 without fee payment and 31.03.2023 with prescribed fee payment).
Steps to link PAN and Aadhar:
Step:1
Payment of applicable fee on e-filing Portal either using “e-pay Tax Service” or on Protean (NSDL) Portal under major head (021) and minor head (500).
a) Visit e-Filing Portal Home page and click on Link Aadhaar in Quick Links section. Alternatively, login to e-filing portal and Click on Link Aadhar in Profile Section.
b) Enter your PAN and Aadhaar Number.
c) Click on Continue to Pay Through e-Pay Tax.
d) Enter your PAN, Confirm PAN and any Mobile number to receive OTP
e) Post OTP verification, you will be redirected to e-Pay Tax page.
f) Click on Proceed on the Income Tax Tile.
g) Select AY (2023-24) and Type of Payment as Other Receipts (500) and Continue.
h) Applicable amount will be pre-filled against Others and click Continue.
i) Now, challan will be generated. On the next screen you have to select the mode of payment after selecting the mode of payment you will be re-directed to the Bank website where you can make the payment.
Step 2:
Submit the Aadhaar PAN link request on e-Filling Portal, either immediately if payment is made through e-Pay Tax service or after 4-5 working days of making of payment if payment is done on Protean (NSDL).
Aadhaar PAN link request can be made both in the Post login as well as Pre login mode.
Submit Aadhaar PAN link Request (Post login):
a) Go to e-filing Portal > login > On Dashboard, in Profile Section under the Link Aadhaar to PAN option, click Link Aadhaar. Or alternatively, click on link Aadhaar in personal details section.
b) Enter the Aadhaar and click on Validate.
Submit Aadhaar PAN link Request (Pre-login):
a) Go to e-filing portal home page and click on Link Aadhaar under Quick links.
b) Enter the PAN and Aadhaar and click on Validate.
c) Enter the mandatory details as required and click on Link Aadhaar.
d) Enter the 6-digit OTP received on mobile no. mentioned in the previous step and click on Validate.
e) Request for link of Aadhaar has been submitted successfully, now you can check the Aadhaar-PAN link status.
There are two scenario for the payment in PAN Aadhar linking:
Scenario-1
If the payment details are not verified on the e-Filing Portal.
Step: (I) After validating PAN and Aadhaar, you will see a pop-up message that
” Payments details not found” click on Continue to Pay Through e-Pay Tax for the payment of fee as payment of fee is the pre-requisite to submit the Aadhaar PAN link request.
Note: If you have already paid the fee on Protean (NSDL) Portal than wait for 4-5 working days after that you can submit the request.
Note: Please ensure you link your correct Aadhaar with your PAN.
Scenario-2 PAN is already linked with the Aadhaar or with some other Aadhaar
If Aadhaar and PAN are already linked or PAN linked to some other Aadhaar or vice versa, you will get following errors:
You may need to contact your Jurisdictional Assessing Officer and submit a request for delinking your Aadhaar with incorrect PAN.
After Validating PAN and Aadhaar:
If you have made payment of Challan on Protean (NSDL) Portal and payments details are verified at e-filing Portal.
Step-(i) After validating PAN and Aadhaar you will see a pop-up message that” Your payment details are verified”. Please Click Continue on the pop-up message to submit Aadhaar PAN linking request.
Step-(ii) Enter the required details and click on Link Aadhaar button.
Step:(iii) Request for link of Aadhaar PAN has been submitted successfully, now you can check the Aadhaar PAN link status.
View Link Aadhaar Status (Pre-Login)
Step 1: On the e-Filing Portal homepage, under Quick Links click Link Aadhaar Status.
Step 2: Enter your PAN and Aadhaar Number, and click View Link Aadhaar Status.
On successful Validation, a message will be displayed regarding your Link Aadhaar Status
View Link Aadhaar Status (Post-Login)
On your Dashboard. Click Link Aadhaar Status. Alternatively, you can go to My Profile > Link Aadhaar Status.
Note:
- If the validation fails, click Link Aadhaar on the Status page, and you will need to repeat the steps to link your PAN and Aadhaar.
- If your request to link PAN and Aadhaar is pending with UIDAI for validation, you will need to check the status later.
- You may need to contact the Jurisdictional AO to delink Aadhaar and PAN if:
- your Aadhaar is linked with some other PAN
- your PAN is linked with some other Aadhaar
On successful validation, a message will be displayed regarding your Link Aadhaar status.