Govt. extends due date of Linking Aadhaar with PAN till 31st March, 2018

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The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the due date of Linking Aadhaar with PAN till 31st March 2018.

Under the provisions of recently introduced Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961, with effect from 01.07.2017, all taxpayers having Enrolment Number are required to link the same with Permanent Account Number (PAN). In view of the difficulties faced by some of the taxpayers in the process, the date for linking with PAN was initially extended till 31st August 2017 which was further extended up to 31st December 2017.

“It has come to notice that some of the taxpayers have not yet completed the linking of PAN with Aadhaar. Therefore, to facilitate the process of linking, it has been decided to further extend the time for linking of Aadhaar with PAN till 31.03.2018:, the CBDT said in a press release.

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