Mandatory to link AADHAAR with PAN from July 1, 2017 : CBDT
The central government has made it mandatory for income taxpayers to link
their AADHAAR numbers with Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) from July 1, 2017.
“Every person who has been allotted PAN as on July 1, 2017, and who, in
accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of Section 139AA is required
to intimate his Aadhaar number, shall intimate his Aadhaar number to the
Principal Director-General of Income-Tax (Systems) or Director-General of
Income-tax (Systems) or the person authorised by the said authorities,” said a
notification by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
It has also made it mandatory to quote the 12 digit biometric enrolment
number at the time of applying for a PAN.
The CBDT has made the Principal DGIT (systems) or DGIT (systems)
responsible for specifying the format and standard along with the procedure for
verifying documents that are filed with PAN applications or intimation of Aadhaar.
The move comes after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley amended the Finance
Bill 2017-18 and made it mandatory to quote Aadhaar for filing income-tax
returns and to seed it with the PAN to check tax evasion through use of
multiple PAN cards.
The Supreme Court had earlier this month upheld the validity of the
provision to make Aadhaar mandatory for allotment of PAN cards and filing of
returns. It had, however, granted a partial stay on its rollout until a
Constitution Bench had ruled on the issue of the right to privacy.
In the new notification, the CBDT said the rules will become effective
from July 1, 2017.
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