How to link Aadhaar with your PAN card

The Government of India has made it mandatory to link the 12-digit UID number with your PAN card. The Supreme Court passed a judgement on June 9, 2017 stating that all Aadhaar card must be linked to PAN before June 30, if you have an Aadhaar card. If you don't have one, you can rest easy. The PAN cards will become invalid if you don't link your Aadhaar card with it.

This means that there are only two days left for linking process. The government has made Aadhaar a must for filing income tax returns and by linking it with PAN, it aims to keep a check on tax evasion through use of multiple use of PAN cards.

There are two ways to link your Aadhaar with PAN card. The linking can be done either by an SMS or through the Income Tax department's e-filing website www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.

SMS: To link your Aadhaar with PAN card through SMS, type UIDPAN<SPACE><12 digit Aadhaar><Space><10 digit PAN> and send it to 567678 or 56161.

Income Tax website: Visit the link www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in and enter your PAN card number, Aadhaar Number, your name on Aadhaar followed by a captcha code. Click on the Link Aadhaar button at the below and your cards are linked.