Deadline for Aadhaar-PAN linking extended, last date August 31

The interlinking of Aadhaar and PAN linking can be done till August 31. The government on Monday announced the extension in deadline.

New Delhi, July 31: The deadline for linking of Aadhaar-PAN has been extended till August 31, 2017. The government on Monday announced the extension in deadline. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has also announced that Income Tax Return (ITR) will be processed after Aadhaar-PAN linking.

Earlier in the day, government extended the deadline for filing Income Tax Returns (ITRs) till August 5.

The official twitter handle of the department said the move was made 'in view of difficulties faced by taxpayers.' However, the returns will not be processed until the linkage of Aadhaar with PAN is done. Actual linking of PAN with Aadhaar can be done subsequently, but any time before 31st August, 2017, the twitter handle added.

A senior official of the department said the decision to extend the deadline ending today was taken after a meeting of the revenue department and the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) was held in the finance ministry on Monday.

The last minute inundation and heavy logging on the official website of the e-filing portal of the department led to the extension of five more days for filing the ITRs by taxpayers.
This time, the linking of the Aadhaar number with the PAN of a taxpayer has been made mandatory for filing of an ITR, beginning July 1.

OneIndia News (with agency input)