New Delhi, Dec. 25 -- The deadline to link your Aadhaar card with your PAN card is just six days away. If by any chance you fail to pay the applicable late fee and complete the linking process by 31 December, your PAN card will become inoperative.

Before linking PAN with Aadhaar, one must pay a penalty of Rs.1,000 on the income tax e-filing portal. However, PAN holders who obtained their cards after 1 October 2024 using the Aadhaar enrolment ID can link PAN with Aadhaar free of charge by 31 December 2025, according to ClearTax.

Apart from the risk of PAN being inoperative, defaulters may also face a possible disruption in services that include the use of PAN cards, Hindustan Times reported earlier.

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