PAN-Aadhaar Linking: The Income Tax Department has given exemption to some categories. For whom the deadline for linking Aadhaar card and PAN card is not 30 June 2023.
The Income Tax Department has given a deadline of June 30, 2023, to link Aadhaar card and PAN card (PAN-Aadhaar Linking). If a person does not link Aadhaar and PAN card by the June 30 deadline, then their PAN will become inactive.
That is, they are required to submit PAN card as an important document for many government and non-government works. To do that work one has to face the problem. Although the Income Tax Department has given exemption to some categories. For whom the deadline for linking Aadhaar card and PAN card is not 30 June 2023.
Who needs to link Aadhaar Card with PAN Card?
As per section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961, every person who has been allotted PAN as on July 1, 2017, and is eligible to obtain an Aadhaar number, shall link his Aadhaar with PAN within the deadline of June 30. It is necessary to do.
If this does not happen, then the person’s PAN card will become inactive. If the Income Tax Department has extended the deadline of this link. Like it has been extended many times in the past, then till the next date, you will get time to link PAN Aadhaar card.
Aadhaar-PAN linking not mandatory for these people –
The mandatory requirement of linking Aadhaar with PAN does not apply to these four categories
- Residents of the states of Assam, Jammu & Kashmir and Meghalaya.
- Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) as per the Income Tax Act, 1961.
- Any person who was of the age of 80 years or more at any time during the previous year.
- Persons who are not citizens of India.
Those who fall in any of the above categories are not required to link their PAN with their Aadhaar till June 30, 2023. But they can voluntarily link both the documents if they want. Apart from these four categories, it is mandatory for all persons to link their Aadhaar with their PAN card by June 30.
What if you do not link your PAN with Aadhaar by 30 June 2023?
Many people have a question that what will happen if they do not link PAN card and Aadhaar card even by the given deadline i.e. June 30, 2023? In such a case the PAN of the taxpayers will be deactivated.
You will have to pay late fee. Now linking PAN with Aadhaar will attract a late fee of Rs 1,000. That’s why it is better to link PAN card with Aadhaar card before the given deadline and avoid other problems.
