Linking PAN with Aadhaar for Income Tax Filing

Why should PAN be linked to Aadhaar?

Linking the PAN to the Aadhar card will be a game changer for the Tax Department and help increase the filing of income tax returns. As the Income Tax Act is large, the introduction of Income Tax is often a complicated process and part of the problem can be reduced if Aadhaar and PAN are connected. Once the two IDs have been linked, taxpayers will be exempted from the responsibility of submitting an IT permit to the Tax Department, as the identity of the applicant will be verified through the Aadhaar process. As a result, many problems will be removed from taxpayers and the system will also reduce the costs incurred by the Department of Revenue in compliance areas and act as hard to obtain hard copy Returns and adapt them to e-filed returns. Therefore, linking the PAN card to Aadhar will make the process easier for taxpayers and the Government.

Procedure to Link PAN with Aadhaar Card

There is no need to sign in or register on the E-filing website. This facility can be used by anyone to connect their Aadhaar to PAN. After responding to taxpayers' complaints about difficulties in linking PAN and Aadhaar as their names do not match both systems (for example, names with initials in one and extended initials in another), the Department has come up with a simpler solution as part of the 2017 budget.

• Taxpayers can go to the Income Tax website and click on the link on the left pane which states ‘Link Aadhaar’, as shown below.

• After clicking on Link Aadhaar, a new page will be opened where you think you need to provide the PAN, Aadhaar card number. Please enter a name as provided on the Aadhaar card. One should avoid spelling mistakes. After filling in the details, click Submit.

. After verification from UIDAI, the connection will be confirmed and will show the Aadhaar-PAN connection successfully completed.



If there is a slight difference in the name of Aadhaar given by man in comparison in real details onAadhaar, One Time Password (Aadhaar OTP) will be sent to a mobile phone registered with Aadhaar, such as a media release issued by the Department of Taxation. The taxpayers should ensure that the date of birth and gender in PAN and Aadhaar are exactly the same. In rare cases where Aadhaar name is completely different from name in PAN database, linking would fail and the taxpayer will be prompted to change the name in either the Aadhaar or PAN database before linking.

Taxpayers have been asked by the Department of Revenue to make use of the simplified the process of completing the connection of Aadhaar and PAN immediately. This will be useful in E-Verification for Tax rebates using OTP sent to their mobile phone registered with Aadhaar. So far more than 1.18 crore numbers of Aadhaar are connected to the PAN database, report India's Press Trust said.

Mismatch between PAN and Aadhaar Information

In the event of a name or other information discrepancy between PAN or Aadhaar, a request for amendment may be made to UIDAI or the Tax Department. This means that either the details in your Aadhaar will change or the details in your PAN will change. In the case of Aadhaar, only your name, date of birth, your residential address etc. In other words, all other details besides your biometric data can be changed on your Aadhaar card. If you request a change on your PAN card, there is no biometric information and therefore, only the details a person can see on the card can be changed. In any case, one must provide official documents that will provide the exact details that need to be reprinted on any card. know more about PAN name change

Document Required for Linking PAN with Aadhaar

No document required to connect PAN to Aadhaar. All it takes is the details (non-biometric) on the Aadhaar card and PAN Card to be a perfect match. Only if they are the same, where the observer may request a link or otherwise, the person must have the information processed and corrected before the taxpayer connects them both. Therefore, before starting the process, the thinker should ensure that the PAN and Aadhaar cards will have the following information in the same way:

• Name
• Gender
• Birth Date