PAN Aadhaar Link Online Last Date: This will happen if you don't do what Income Tax dept has said! Do now via SMS

PAN Aadhaar Linking Online Last Date: You know what will happen if you fail to link your Aadhaar and PAN cards? Income Tax Department has given 31 March 2021 as Aadhaar-PAN Linking last date and if you don't link it by this date, your PAN will become inoperative.

The Income-Tax department has clearly said that inoperative PAN cardholders will have to face consequences under the Income Tax Act for not furnishing PAN.  
Having a PAN card is mandatory for several purposes like opening a bank account, buying mutual funds or shares and even making cash transactions of over Rs 50,000.

However, all such inoperative PAN cards will become operative as and when the PAN card holder carries out PAN Aadhaar linking. One can do this through an SMS.

How to do PAN Aadhaar linking by SMS?

For Aadhaar PAN linking through an SMS, one needs to send an SMS at 567678 or 56161. The format of the SMS is as follows:

UIDAIPAN(12digit Aadhaar number) space (10 digit PAN Number).

This means if someone has an Aadhaar Card number ABCDXXXXXXXXXX and PAN Card number ABCXXXXXXX then the format of the SMS will be "UIDAIPANABCDXXXXXXXXXX ABCXXXXXXX"