The government extended the deadline for mandatory linking of (PAN) Permanent Account Number with Aadhaar extended by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to March 31, 2019.
This is the fifth time that the government has extended the last date.
The government had last year changed the income tax law to mandate that tax payers quote their Aadhaar number to file income tax returns and to get a new PAN card. Existing Pan card holders were also required to complete the process to link their Aadhaar numbers.
As per updated data till March, over 16.65 crore PANs, out of the total about 33 crore, have been linked with Aadhaar.
