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PAN Not Linked With Aadhaar To Be Rendered Inoperative

The Income Tax department Saturday, on 24.12. 2022, issued an advisory that those permanent account numbers (PAN) which are not linked with Aadhaar by the end of March next year will be rendered inoperative.

“What is mandatory, is necessary. Don’t delay, link it today!” the department said in a public advisory.

“As per Income-tax Act, 1961, it is mandatory for all PAN holders, who do not fall under the exempt category, to link their PAN with Aadhaar before 31.3.2023. From 1.04.2023, the unlinked PAN shall become inoperative,” it said.

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According to a notification issued by the Union Finance Ministry in May 2017, the ‘exempt category’ are those individuals residing in the states of Assam, Jammu and Kashmir and Meghalaya; a non-resident as per the Income-tax Act, 1961; of the age of 80 years or more at any time during the previous year and a person not a citizen of India.

CBDT: Central Board of Direct Taxes

The CBDT frames policy for the Income Tax department. While Aadhaar is issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India to a resident of India, PAN is a 10-digit alphanumeric number allotted by the IT Department to a person, firm or entity.

A circular issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes said once a PAN becomes inoperative, an individual shall be liable to all the consequences under the I-T Act and will have to suffer a number of implications.

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The person shall not be able to file I-T return using the inoperative PAN; pending returns will not be processed; pending refunds cannot be issued to inoperative PANs; pending proceedings as in the case of defective returns cannot be completed once the PAN is inoperative and tax will be required to be deducted at a higher rate.

“In addition to the above, the taxpayer might face difficulty at various other fora like banks and other financial portals as PAN is one of the important KYC (know your customer) criterion for all kinds of financial transaction,” the circular said.

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