Big update on pan-aadhaar link: Friends, if you used only the Aadhaar Enrollment ID (when the Aadhaar card is being made) instead of your Aadhaar number while making a PAN card, then there is a very important information for you. The Income Tax Department has issued a new guideline for such cases. It clearly states that now you have to tell your real Aadhaar number in place of Aadhaar Enrollment ID. If you do not link your real Aadhaar number to PAN till the time limit given, then your PAN card can also be closed (passive)!
What does this new guideline say?
This new guideline applies to all those who On or before 1 October 2024 While applying for PAN card, the Aadhaar Enrollment ID was used instead of the Aadhaar number. This usually happens when a person’s Aadhaar number is not built by a time. In such a situation, it is not possible to directly link the Aadhaar number and PAN. That is why now the Income Tax Department is telling such people to tell their real Aadhaar number to the department.
What is the new deadline? Do not miss it at all!
Government has last date to link PAN and Aadhaar 31 December 2025 Have decided. If a PAN card holder does not tell his real Aadhaar number to the Income Tax Department till this date, then His PAN card can be declared inactive from 1 January 2026This simply means that you will not be able to use that PAN card in any kind of money transaction or tax related work, because the closed PAN card will not be valid.
Those who have to file income tax returns (ITR), they should do this work before 31 July. If you did not update your Aadhaar number on time, then you may also have difficulty in filling ITR. Therefore, it is better to complete this linking process in time.
This instruction has been issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) working under the Ministry of Finance. He says that the record of PAN card holders should have correct and refreshing information, so that any technical or legal troubles can be avoided in future. This step is also considered necessary to strengthen the tax system and bring transparency in information.
How to update your Aadhaar number?
However, CBDT has not clearly explained in its notification what will be the process of giving Aadhaar number information to the Income Tax Department. However, it is believed that for this the same method has to be adopted which is usually used to link PAN-Aadhaar. That is, you have to go to the income tax e-filing portal and update your PAN and Aadhaar information. The good news is that there will probably be no fine for this update.
So, if you are also among those who used the enrollment ID, then you will not forget! Get your real Aadhaar number updated by 31 December 2025. Otherwise, from filling tax returns to bank works, you may have to face difficulties everywhere. To avoid any such problem, it is prudent to deal with this work before the deadline.
