Now, you have to compulsorily quote Aadhaar number for PAN applications, filing Income Tax returns from July 1
The government announced on Wednesday that citizens have to mandatorily quote Aadhaar numbers while applying for PAN numbers and filing for their IncomeTax returns starting from July 1 this year.
The government announced on Wednesday that people have to compulsorily quote their Aadhaar numbers while making applications for PAN numbers and filing for their Income Tax (I-T) returns with effect from July 1 this
year.
"Section 139AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 as introduced by the Finance Act, 2017 provides for mandatory quoting of Aadhaar/Enrollment ID of Aadhaar application form, for filing of return of income and for making an application for allotment of Permanent Account Number (PAN) with effect from July 1, 2017," cited the Ministry of Finance in a statement quoting CBDT commissioner of income tax Meenakshi J Goswami, as saying.
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It is clarified that such mandatory quoting of Aadhaar or Enrollment ID shall apply only to a person who is eligible to obtain Aadhaar number, the statement said.
As per the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, only a resident individual is entitled to obtain Aadhaar.
According to the CBDT statement, Resident as per the said Act means an individual who has resided in India for a period or periods amounting in all to one hundred and eighty-two days or more in the twelve months immediately preceding the date of application for enrollment.
"Accordingly, the requirement to quote Aadhaar as per section 139AA of the Income-tax Act shall not apply to an individual who is not a resident as per the Aadhaar Act, 2016," Goswami said in a statement.
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