India, Dec. 31 -- Holders risk their PAN cards becoming inoperative if they fail to link them with their Aadhaar cards by Wednesday (December 31, 2025).

With deadline few hours away, the Income Tax Department urged holders to complete the mandatory PAN and Aadhaar card linking process, warning that those who do not do so within the stipulated timeline will be unable to use their PAN for key financial and tax-related transactions.

Taxpayers who have not linked their PAN and Aadhaar so far will need to pay a late fee of Rs.1,000 before they are allowed to proceed for the linking process.

PAN holders who obtained their PAN card after October 1, 2024 using an Aadhaar enrolment ID are exempt from the penalty and can complete the process fre...