Link Aadhaar User Guide

After 31st March 2022, onwards Pan Aadhaar linking counted Late fees.

If you linked it before 30th June fee was 500. If you are linking now then it will cost 1000

How to link aadhaar and PAN Card

Step One

Visit the income tax website

Click the menu Link Aadhaar

Information: As per the CBDT circular every person who has been allotted a PAN as on 1st July 2017 and is eligible to obtain an Aadhaar number is required to link PAN with AADHAAR on or before 31st March 2022. Taxpayers who failed to do so are liable to pay a fee of Rs. 500 till 30th June 2022 and thereafter a fee of Rs. 1000 will be applicable before submission of the PAN-AADHAAR linkage request.

  • Please pay the application fee of Rs. 1000 through the e-Pay Tax service to proceed with the submission of the Aadhaar-PAN linking request. Click here for payment-related information
  • In case payment is already done on the Protean (NSDL) portal, please try linking after 4-5 working days from the date of payment.
  • Please make sure fee payment is done under Minor head 500 – Other Receipts(500) and Major head 0021 [Income Tax (Other than Companies)] in a single challan.

Note

The following categories are exempted from Aadhaar-PAN linking

(i) NRIs

(ii) Not a citizen of India

(iii) age > 80 years as of the date

(iv) state of residence is ASSAM, MEGHALAYA or JAMMU & KASHMIR

Refer to Department of Revenue Notification no 37/2017 dated 11th May 2017

Link Aadhaar User Guide

1. Overview

The Link Aadhaar service is available to individual taxpayers (both registered and unregistered on e-Filing) who have a valid PAN and Aadhaar number. With this service, you can:

Link Aadhaar with PAN on the e-Filing portal:

Pre-login on the e-Filing homepage (for both registered and unregistered users)

Post-login to the e-Filing portal (for registered users)

View your Link Aadhaar status from the e-Filing homepage

CBDT has extended the deadline for linking of Aadhaar with the PAN from 31st March 2022 to 31st March 2023. You can link the Aadhar with the PAN till 31st March 2023. You will be required to pay a fee of Rs. 500 till 30th June 2022 and a fee of Rs 1000 from 1st July 2022.

2. Prerequisites for availing of this service

Valid PAN

Aadhaar number

Valid mobile number

To the link Aadhar with the PAN two main steps are:

Step 1 Payment of application fee on NSDL (now Protean) portal under Major head (0021) and Minor head (500) for AY 2023-24.

Step 2 Submit the Aadhaar link request on the e-Filing portal after 4-5 working days of making of payment on the NSDL (now Protean) portal.

3. Step-by-Step Guide

Step:1 Payment of fee on NSDL (now Protean) portal under major head (0021) and newly added minor head (500) for AY 2023-24

Step:1(a) Go to the e-Payment for TIN (http://egov-nsdl.com) to pay the late fee of Rs. 1000 as the case may be

Step:1(b) Click on the Proceed button in non-TDS/TCS category Challan no./ITNS 280.

Step:1(c) On click of Proceed button challan will be shown which will have major (0021) and minor head (500).

Step 1 (d): Enter the required details (PAN, AY, mode of payment etc).

Note:

If the amount is less than or greater than the specified amount (Rs. 1000 basis date of fee payment), the amount shall be considered invalid for purpose of Aadhaar-PAN linkage.

Only a single challan of fee amount Rs. 500 till 30th June 2022 and Rs. 1000 after 30th Jun 2022 with Minor head code 500 will be considered as a valid fee for Aadhaar-PAN linkage and multiple challans with major head (0021), minor head (500) and AY 2023-24 aggregating to Rs. 500 (up to 30.06.2022) or Rs. 1000 (from 01.07.2022 onwards till 31.03.2023) will NOT be considered as valid fee payment.

There should not be any aggregation of challans with PAN-Minor head 500 to arrive at Rs.1000.

The challan for fee payment should be with the AY 2023-24 only.

Step 2 Submit the PAN-Aadhaar link request on the e-Filing portal after 4-5 working days of making fee payment on the NSDL (now Protean) portal.

(As of now, no validity period will be there for linking Aadhar post fee payment on NSDL (now Protean) portal.)

Step 2(a): Go to e-filing portal > Login > On Dashboard, under the Link Aadhaar to PAN option, click Link Aadhaar.

Alternatively, click Link Aadhar in the personal details section.

Step 2(b) Enter the PAN and Aadhaar no. and click Validate

Note: Please ensure you link your correct Aadhaar no. with your PAN.

If Aadhaar and PAN are already linked or PAN is linked to some other Aadhaar or vice versa, you will get the following errors:

PAN is already linked with the Aadhar or with some other Aadhar.

You may need to lodge a grievance or contact the e-Filing Helpdesk to un-link your Aadhaar and PAN if: Your PAN is linked with some other Aadhaar

After validating PAN and Aadhar

Scenario-1

If you have made payment of challan on NSDL (now Protean) Portal and payments details are verified by e-filing.

Step-(i) After validating PAN and Aadhar, you will see a pop-up message “Your payments details are verified”. Click Continue on the pop-up message to submit the Aadhaar link request.

Step-(ii) Enter the required details and click the Link Aadhaar button.

Step-(iii) Enter the 6-digit OTP received on mobile no. mentioned in the previous step.

Step-(iv) Request for the link of Aadhaar has been submitted successfully, now you can check the Aadhaar-PAN link status.

Scenario-2

If the payment details are not verified on the e-filing portal.

Step:(i) After validating your PAN and Aadhaar, you will see a pop-up message “Payments details not found”. Click Continue to pay on the NSDL (now Protean) Portal for the payment of the fee as payment of the fee is the pre-requisite to submit the PAN-Aadhaar link request.

Note: If you have already paid the fee on NSDL (now Protean) portal, wait for 4-5 working days after that you can submit the request.

Scenario-3

In case the record for PAN and minor head code, 500 is there, but challan is already consumed for linking.

Step:(i) After validating your PAN and Aadhaar, you will see a pop-up message “Payment done earlier for this PAN has already been used for Aadhaar -PAN linking”.

Click Continue to make the payment of the fee on the NSDL (now Protean) portal.

Note: If you have raised an Aadhar-PAN linkage request earlier, kindly make the fee payment again on NSDL(now Protean) and submit an Aadhaar-PAN linking request 4-5 working days after the payment.

View Link Aadhaar Status (Pre-Login)

Step 1: On the e-Filing portal homepage, click Link Aadhaar Status.

Step 2: Enter your PAN and Aadhaar Number, and click View Link Aadhaar Status.

On successful validation, a message will display your Link Aadhaar status.

View Link Aadhaar Status (Post-Login)

Step 1a: On your Dashboard. Click Link Aadhaar Status.

Step 1b: 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 your PAN and Aadhaar is pending with UIDAI for validation, you will need to check the status later.

You may need to lodge a grievance or contact the e-Filing Helpdesk to un-link 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 display your Link Aadhaar status.

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