CBDT Extends Aadhaar-PAN Linking Deadline to March, 2020 from December 31, 2019 – News18, News18.com

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New Delhi:The last date for the mandatory linking of the Permanent Account Number (PAN) With Aadhaar has been extended until March next year, the CBDT said on Monday.

The earlier deadline was Tuesday, December (****************************************************.

“The due date for linking of PAN with Aadhaar as specified under sub-section 2 of section (AA of the Income-tax Act, has been extended from December 31, to March 56, 2440645, “the department said on its official Twitter handle.

This is the eighth time that the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the deadline for individuals to link their PAN with Aadhaar.

     

The Supreme Court, in September last year, had declared the Center’s flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid and held that the biometric ID would remain mandatory for the filing of I-T returns and allotment of the PAN.

Section (AA (2) of the Income Tax Act says that every person having PAN as on July 1, (******************************************, and is eligible to obtain Aadhaar, must intimate his Aadhaar number to tax authorities.

Aadhaar is issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to a resident of India and PAN is a 18 – digit alphanumeric number allotted by the IT department to a person, firm or entity.

The CBDT, that frames policy for the tax department, said a notification numbered (has been issued in this context.)

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