Linking of PAN and Aadhaar has been enabled now in the Income Tax portal. Every person who has been allotted a Permanent Account Number (PAN) and who is eligible to obtain an Aadhaar number, shall mandatorily link their Aadhaar and PAN on payment of fee Rs.1,000 on or before 31.3.2023. The fee payment for PAN-Aadhaar linkage need to be made through e-Pay Tax functionality available either in Income Tax portal or NSDL (now Protean) Portal. The prescribed fee must be paid under Major Head 0021 and Minor Head 500 and Assessment Year (AY) should be 2023-24 using Challan ITNS 280.
The tax-payer is suggested to link PAN-Aadhaar after 4-5 days of making the payment. If taxpayer has made any mistake while making the payment under Minor head 500, there is no provision for refund of wrong payments made.
