There are 70.24 crore PAN card holders in India and amongst them, 57.25 crore have had their PAN cards linked with Aadhaar. File
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A complete of 11.5 crore PAN cards had been deactivated for not being linked to Aadhaar cards earlier than the stipulated deadline, a Right to Information (RTI) reply by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said.
The deadline for linking PAN with Aadhaar expired on June 30 earlier this yr.
There are 70.24 crore PAN card holders in India and amongst them, 57.25 crore have had their PAN cards linked with Aadhaar. The RTI reply additional states that over 12 crore PAN cards haven’t been linked with Aadhaar, of which 11.5 crore cards have been deactivated.
The RTI was filed by Madhya Pradesh-based activist Chandra Shekhar Gaur.
For new candidates of PAN card, the Aadhaar-PAN linking is completed robotically in the course of the utility stage. For present PAN holders, who had been allotted PAN on or earlier than July 1, 2017, it’s “mandatory” to hyperlink PAN and Aadhaar.
The RTI reply emphasised that below sub-section (2) of Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, it’s obligatory for each one that has been allotted a PAN as on July 1, 2017, to “intimate his Aadhaar number”.
“This linking of PAN and Aadhaar was required to be done on or before a notified date, failing which PAN becomes inoperative,” the RTI reply additional stated.
Further, Section 234H supplies that the place an individual who’s required to hyperlink his PAN with Aadhaar, fails to take action on or earlier than a notified date, he shall be liable to pay a payment.
In order to get the PAN card reactivated, CBDT has imposed a penalty of ₹1,000.
“The cost of getting a new PAN card made is ₹91 excluding the Goods and Services Tax. Then how can the government impose a 10-fold fine for getting the PAN card reactivated? Also, how will people whose PAN cards have gotten deactivated file income tax?” requested Mr. Gaur. “Government should rethink and extend time limits for at least a year for linking PAN with Aadhaar,” Mr. Gaur additional stated.
Further, CBDT, in a round dated March 30, 2022 supplied the implications of not linking PAN and Aadhaar on or earlier than the notified date. It additionally prolonged the timelines for linking PAN and Aadhaar at the moment to June 2023.
