INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Last time when CBDT extended the deadline for PAN-Aadhaar linking was on March 27Those who have failed to link PAN cards to aadhaar cards
need not fret since the deadline of PAN-Aadhaar linking was extended one more time on June 30
The latest move is the outcome of an order of tax department's policy making body: Central Board of Direct Taxes, on June 30 following
This is the fifth time that the government has extended the deadline for individuals to link their Permanent Account Number (PAN) to Aadhaar
You can go to portal.incometaxefiling.gov.in for linking your PAN card to aadhaar.2
A web page opens where you are asked to write details of PAN card, aadhaar number, name as per aadhaar
As you write your name in the form, you must make sure that the name on aadhaar matches exactly as on PAN card.3
The form (as given in the screen shot below) asks you to write the captcha code as given
As you fill all the details, you can request the one time password (OTP).This is the web page that appears when you click on "Link Aadhaar'
on tax department's website4
The income tax department cautions that the name, date of both and gender as per PAN will be validated against aadhaar details
The department also tells the citizens that they must make sure that aadhaar number and name as per aadhaar is exactly the same as printed
After you fill the form, you can check the status of your application (as shown in the screen shot below) by feeding the PAN and aadhaar
(CBDT) extended the deadline was on March 27.The latest order said the deadline for the PAN-Aadhaar linking for filing I-T returns was being
extended after "consideration of the matter"
It is understood that the fresh CBDT order has come against the backdrop of the Supreme Court earlier this year directing extension of the
March 31, 2018 deadline for linking Aadhaar card with various other services.The court order said that the deadline be extended till the
five-judge constitution bench delivers its judgment on petitions challenging the validity of the biometric scheme and the enabling law.As
The earlier deadlines for linking the two databases were July 31, August 31 and December 31, 2017, March 31 and June 30 this year.
