September 30 is new deadline to link PAN & Aadhaar
In June last year, the government had said that PAN has to be linked with the biometric ID by March 31.
New Delhi: The government on Sunday extended the deadline for linking PAN with biometric ID Aadhaar by 6 months till September 30, as per an official statement.
However, quoting of Aadhaar will remain mandatory for filing income tax returns (ITRs), following the Supreme Court order.
This is the sixth time the government has extended the deadline for individuals to link their Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar. In June last year, the government had said that PAN has to be linked with the biometric ID by March 31.
“....Now the cut-off date for intimating the Aadhaar number and linking PAN with Aadhaar is September 30, 2019, unless specifically exempted,” the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said in a statement.
The CBDT said there were reports that those PANs which are not linked with Aadhaar number by March 31 may be invalidated, following which the matter was considered by the government and the date extended till September 30.
“Notwithstanding the last date of intimating/linking of Aadhaar Number with PAN being September 30, 2019, it is also made clear that w.e.f. April 1, 2019, it is mandatory to quote and link Aadhaar number while filing the return of income,” it added. The apex court, in September last year, had declared the Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid.