PAN-AADHAAR Link: Your PAN card will be blocked if it is not linked with Aadhaar by December 31. check details

The PAN card has become the most important document today. If you haven’t yet linked your PAN card to your Aadhaar card, be cautious. Failure to do so by December 31, 2025, will deactivate your PAN card. Consequently, your PAN card may become useless.

In this regard, TaxBuddy said on the social media platform X, “Your PAN card will be deactivated from January 1, 2026. This will prevent you from filing your Income Tax Return (ITR). Furthermore, you will not receive any refunds. Even your salary or SIP payments may be disrupted.”

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Simple way to link PAN card and Aadhaar card

• You can link your PAN and Aadhaar from the comfort of your home in just a few minutes. You don’t need to go anywhere; just follow the steps below.
• Go to the Income Tax website incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal.
• After this, click on ‘Link Aadhaar’ in ‘Quick Links’ below on the home page.
• Now enter your PAN number and Aadhaar number on the new page.
• After that click on the Validate button.
• Then OTP will come on your registered mobile number, enter it and verify.
• If your PAN was already inoperative, then a fee of Rs 1000 will have to be paid for linking.
• After this your PAN and Aadhar will be linked.

Is it mandatory for everyone to link their PAN and Aadhaar?

According to a notification from the Ministry of Finance dated April 3, 2025, those who were issued a PAN card based on their Aadhaar enrollment ID before October 1, 2024, must link their PAN with Aadhaar by December 31, 2025. Failure to do so will result in the PAN card becoming inactive, and you will be denied access to many financial services.

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