New Delhi, April 5 -- Ministry of finance has clarified that PAN (Permanent Account Number) can be linked to Aadhaar without paying late fee if application for aadhaar was filed before October 1 last year. This linking, however, must be completed before December 31 of this year.

There are scores of taxpayers who got their PAN based on enrolment ID of aadhaar application form filed last year. This latest announcement is meant for these taxpayers only.

For the background, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on April 3, 2025 issued a circular which highlights that every individual who was allotted PAN on the basis of Enrolment ID of Aadhaar application form filed prior to Oct 1, 2024, is meant to intimate his Aadhaar number to the income ...