A general issue regarding the mismatch in names occurring in the PAN card and Aadhaar card has been surging day by day as in the common process to link the Aadhaar card to the tax return file, the issue of name mismatch recurs in every taxpayer application.
As the government has mandated the linking of Aadhaar cards while filing income tax returns, the issue has been stagnant if you are unable to link PAN with Aadhaar for a while and to revoke the issue, the government has summed up solutions regarding the name mismatch problem and has ordered that if any name mismatch occurrence persists, the taxpayer can have the option to attach a scanned copy of his her PAN card with the file.
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- Individual PAN registration on the official e-filing portal is now mandatory, with Aadhaar-based OTP verification. View more
- The income tax department issued a reminder notification regarding linking PAN with Aadhaar by May 31, 2024, to taxpayers who have not yet done so. Consequences of not linking PAN with Aadhaar within 31st May 2024 lead to the deduction of TCS/TDS at a higher rate under Sections 206AA and 206CC of the Income Tax Act due to having an inoperative PAN for the transaction done before 31 March 2024.
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These are the following Important Steps to Link Aadhaar with PAN Card
The Income Tax Department has disclosed how to Link PAN with Aadhaar in just simple steps. In fact, it doesn’t require login or registration at the e-filing website. Anyone can avail of this facility and link their Aadhaar with their PAN. Just follow the simple steps given below and link your Aadhaar with your PAN:-
Step 1: Visit www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in and click on the left-hand side of the website under the Services menu> Link Aadhaar.
Step 2: Mentioned the required details, PAN number, Aadhaar number, and name, must ensure that you have to ENTER NAME EXACTLY AS GIVEN IN AADHAAR CARD (avoid spelling mistakes) and submit.
UIDAI is the government website for Aadhaar. After the verification from UIDAI, the linking will automatically be confirmed.
Step 3: If in a case there is any slight difference between the Aadhaar name provided by the taxpayer as compared to the actual name in Aadhaar. A One-Time Password (Aadhaar OTP) will be sent to the registered mobile number with Aadhaar. Taxpayers or candidates must be sure that the date of birth and gender in PAN and Aadhaar are exactly the same.
If in a case, the Aadhaar name must ensure that you have ENTER NAME EXACTLY AS GIVEN IN AADHAAR CARD (avoid spelling mistakes) and submit.
Apart from this, the government authority has also proposed to include a column on the official website of the tax department in which a link will be provided to link the Aadhaar card by which an OTP will be generated in any name mismatch scenario occurs.
The OTP will come through the text message on the registered mobile number of the taxpayer and after entering the received OTP on the portal, the linking will be established between the Aadhaar card and the PAN card. The only condition which will fulfil this service is that the birth date must be the same on both cards in order to finalise the linking process.
Step 4: After filling out all the details and the Aadhaar number, the system will show the message if in case your Aadhaar is linked with the PAN.
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The name mismatch issue was persistent after the union minister Arun Jaitley proposed in the financial bills of GST to mandate the linking of Aadhaar cards in every filing of tax returns. Some of the common issues regarding the linking of the PAN card to the Aadhar card are, special character recognition, in which the Aadhaar card is unable to recognize any special while on the same side PAN card is able to recognize special characters.
The second issue in the row comes as the initial recognition in which the Aadhaar card is unable to recognize the initials whereas the PAN card takes the initials. Finally, the point of the middle name is also prevalent in the mismatch issue, as the Indian community changes the surname after marriage especially females, which in turn gives rise to the name mismatch.
One must remember, that the linking of both an Aadhaar card and a PAN card is only eligible in the case of name mismatch, which is when the birth date of the individual is mentioned the same on both government IDs. This has been mandated by the government as it will help in identifying the taxpayer’s identity on a firm basis.
Who all are Exempted from Linking Aadhaar Card and PAN
According to the central government and supreme court orders, there is a necessity for the linking of Aadhaar and PAN as also notified in the income tax department rules and regulations. Section 139AA was held by the court while the central board of Excise and Customs also released a notification mentioning all the exempted entities for the linking.
The following list specifies the exempted individuals on which section 139AA is not applicable:
- Those categorised as Non-resident Indians as per the Income Tax Laws
- Not a citizen of India
- Is of age 80 years or more at any time during the tax year
- Residents of the states of Assam, Meghalaya and Jammu and Kashmir
Most Important Reasons to Link Your PAN Card with Aadhaar
The Government of India has made it mandatory to link your Aadhaar with your other identities. Taxpayers who do not link their PAN card with their Aadhaar will be liable for all penalties under the Act for failing to link their PAN, and their PAN will no longer be valid after that.
But the thought may have struck your mind that you have been using your PAN card and suddenly need to link it with your Aadhaar. Well, here are the top 10 reasons why you should link your PAN with your Aadhaar.
Abide by the Law
The Government of India has made it mandatory to link your PAN card with an Aadhaar card under Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Avoid Tax Penalties
If you do not link your Permanent Account Number (PAN) card with an Aadhaar card, you may be imposed with several charges and penalties like deactivation of your PAN card and a penalty of up to Rs. 1,000.
Makes the Verification Process Easy
Aadhaar is every Indian citizen’s unique identity, and it is accepted at all government portals. Tax authorities can easily verify the authenticity of the taxpayer if his or her PAN is linked with Aadhaar.
Helps Authorities Stop Tax Evasion
Having taxpayers’ PAN cards linked with their Aadhaar cards helps authorities prevent tax evasion by evaders. It makes certain that all taxpayers have their unique identification number, and it will be easy for them to track who is not paying the tax.
Speed up Your KYC Process
KYC is mandatory to avail of various financial services, like online transactions, UPI transactions, or personal loans. Linking your PAN with your Aadhaar makes the process of KYC updation easy and fast.
Make Tax Filing Easy
Linking your PAN card with an Aadhar card can ease the process of tax filing for you. Because it will pre-file your details in the Income Tax Return form or fetch details automatically.
Avail Various Governmental Services Easily
Government schemes and services require an Aadhar card to avail. It may make it necessary for all other services to have your PAN card linked with your Aadhaar card down the line. If you meet this prerequisite by linking your PAN card with your Aadhaar card, you can easily access various government services.
Easy to Make All Financial Transactions
After linking your PAN card with your Aadhaar, you can easily carry out various financial transactions. You are always asked to provide your PAN card when opening a bank account, making investments, and applying for loans.
Helps in Authenticating Identity
You can authenticate your identity easily, and you can also prevent identity theft by linking your PAN card with your Aadhar card.
Avoiding Duplication
It has happened so many times that a PAN with the same details has been mistakenly provided to two individuals. It’s a common problem brought on by many people possessing duplicate PAN cards. The misuse can be prevented by linking your PAN card to your Aadhar card.
My Aadhaar card ID is already linked with my PAN card on UIDAI. Income-tax site status shows as “linked”. But I have recently made corrections in my name on Aadhar card. How shall I update this on already linked Aadhaar card?
Please please help. Struggling for this since past few days. Need to withdraw my PF urgently.
Contact epfo department’s helpdesk.
Hi Manasi, did you get the solution?
Aadhaar name sivaraman pan SIVARAMAN date of birth 03/01l1985 seem but not matching name details
Please check Surname in Both Aadhar card as well as PAN Card.
My Aadhaar card is linked to my PAN card years ago but my epfo portal still shows “Name in EPFO doesn’t match with income tax records”. I have reached out to support teams of epfo and income tax regarding this and both are saying it’s not an issue with their systems and everything looks good on their side
My name on Pan card is different from my name on Aadhaar, on my pan card its first name and last name whereas on my Aadhaar its last name first name. I have corrected my name on my pan card and applied for a new card. I already got a message that my pan card is dispatched and is in transit. Assuming my income tax records are updated, I tried it again this morning but still shows the same error.
I don’t live in India and no longer work for the firm which had my epfo account. This has become a heck of a hassle since last 4 months.
Any help in fixing this issue would be highly appreciated .Pan card update on my epfo is also failing for some reason but linkage to Aadhaar was successful
Hi Naveen,
I have the same issue. Could you please help me how did you resolve it. Appreciate your help.
HI Naveen and Pavan,
Same issue here, Please guys let me know if you people found solution on same
Hi Naveen,
I too did the same. I don’t have any clue regarding it. If anyone finds any solution, please let us know.
Thanks,
Clive Mark
Hi,
I’m facing the same issue with linking my EPFO with PAN Card; The problem is that my Middle Name on the Income Tax Department Account seems to be expanded and on all my other documents it is abbreviated (Even on the PAN Card it is printed abbreviated).
I had my PAN card taken with the help of an agency and I only had provided them with my Aadhar card and photos for it, When I contacted them they were telling me that all the details are filled on the PAN Card based on the details collected from the Aadhar database.
Please Help
After the PAN is allotted. need to wait for one or two days to synch.
Hi,
In my UAN profile, PAN Verification shows failed. My name in Aadhar, UAN and bank account are all same.
It all has my name followed by fathers name. In my PAN card too, the first line has my name and the second line has my fathers name. Not sure why in KYC (UAN) has my Fathers name followed by my name.
When I tried to change the name in PAN in KYC it gives me the below error,
Pan verification failed. (Name against UAN does not match with the NAME in Income Tax Department)
How do I rectify this error?
My pan card name and income tax database name do not match but pan card name and Aadhaar card name is same.
my pan card name – T UDAYAKUMAR
Income database name -THOTI UDAYAKUMAR
Aadhaar card name -T UDAYAKUMAR and banks are also name is T UDAYAKUMAR
Please help me and give me some suggestions.
REGARD
T UDAYAKUMAR
I have the exact same problem. I realized that the PAN database last name criteria do not allow initials. So the initials have been expanded. I am not sure how to get this corrected. Please let me know if you have a lead.
Getting this error
Pan verification failed. (Name against UAN does not match with the NAME in Income Tax Department)
Name on Pancard: PATEL HARSH DINESHKUMAR
NAME ON EPF UAN PORTAL: HARSH PATEL
My Aadhaar card is verified
how can I withdraw my pf online. Please guide me, What to do next.?
You have to apply for either “change in PAN” or “aadhar” so as to match names in both databases.
Well, the UDAI system should match the Aadhaar number and PAN card number if it is rightly linked on filing site. If the names are different on both cards, it should verify the person by its numbers linked at the tax department. The UDAI systems should talk tax department system rightly. rather than, matching names, it should match the pan number and Aadhaar number. All, this I am saying to save our job to change the name on PAN or Adhaar. Since the IT systems have already linked PAN CARD and Aadhar card.