How to link PAN with Aadhaar - online registration / SMS process guideline
In this article, you will know how to link your PAN with Aadhaar card. How to update other info on IT e-filing website and on. Please find the easy steps on linking PAN with Aadhaar through online or SMS method.
As per the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and Supreme Court of India, PAN card to be linked with the Aadhaar card is a must for all including individual within the last date that was 30th September 2019. However, the deadline has been extended to 31st December 2019. Please refer https://incometaxindia.gov.in/news/notification_75_2019.pdf
The time is still there to associate PAN with Aadhaar as per the directives. So, if you would like to link your PAN with Aadhaar card in case if you have not done so far then find its brief to do so as soon as possible. The guideline is given below.
In case if you have earlier registered it at IT e-filing website then you can cross check whether your Aadhaar is linked with PAN or not. If yes, then you can ignore it and if not then you can then process to link them.How to check and link PAN with Aadhaar online?
Step 1: First check the status by using your PAN and Aadhaar Number at https://www1.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/e-FilingGS/Services/AadhaarPreloginStatus.html - If already linked them then no issue. 
If not linked those yet then follow the steps below.
Step 2: Visit e-filing website at www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
Step 3: Try to login by using your 'User ID' and 'Password' to check whether it is already linked them. If linked them then it has no issue.
Step 4: If not linked, you can register from the beginning using PAN and Aadhaar number by using 'Sign up' option on the same website. Fill all the required detail.
Step 5: In case if you have signed up through an Accountant's or Auditor's or Agent, you can ask them your User ID and Password to check it online or you can check with them to update it. Otherwise, you need to approach to a PAN center nearby and update your mobile number (in case number has changed) and Aadhaar number online to get the SMS status.
Step 6: In case if you are not willing to register at e-filing website then another option is there to link PAN and Aadhaar at https://www1.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/e-FilingGS/Services/LinkAadhaarHome.html - once you completed the required detail and submitted them, it will give the status and the detail immediately there itself.
Please note, in case if you are a regular IT payers / filing then most probably the link would have been already done by you or your Auditor's on behalf. Still you can just cross check the status about it.How to check PAN with Aadhaar linked status through SMS?
Type as: UIDPAN
For example, UIDPAN 123456789012 A123456789 - SMS to 567678 or 56161. You will get the SMS reply with current status, sooner.
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This is interesting information posted by the author. Nowadays while filing IT return or some other such transactions if PAN is linked with Aadhaar it becomes simple to transact those tasks conveniently. Many people are doing it online and one should be sure that there is no mismatch of name in PAN and Aadhaar so that the link happens smoothly.