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The Income Tax Department has made it mandatory to link a PAN card with Aadhaar, but if you have not linked a PAN card with Aadhaar, then the PAN card becomes inactive.

PAN 2.0: Is it necessary to link PAN with Aadhaar even after PAN 2.0? Do you know the answer to this question? It is necessary to link PAN with Aadhaar even after PAN 2.0. Let us tell you that the Income Tax Department has made it mandatory to link a PAN card with Aadhaar, but what will happen if it is not linked? The answer to this question is that if you do not link PAN card with Aadhaar, then the PAN card becomes inactive.

If your PAN card becomes inactive, then income tax return cannot be filed. Tax refund is not received, and the benefit of financial services is not available. Aadhaar PAN linking is done automatically for new applicants of PAN card. To link PAN to Aadhaar, write UIDPAN, enter your Aadhaar number and PAN number and send an SMS to 567678 or 56161. The information like name, date of birth, and gender should match in PAN and Aadhaar card. If there is a difference in the information in PAN and Aadhaar card, then the information of both the documents will have to be made the same.

Actually, it is advisable to update the biometrics of Aadhaar card every 10 years, but there will be no need to update PAN 2.0. The new PAN card will have a QR code, which will make PAN verification easier. Along with this, PAN 2.0 will have many such features which will be helpful in preventing financial fraud.

If you have already made a PAN card, then there will be no need to make a PAN card again and the old PAN card will remain valid. The new PAN 2.0 will be an upgraded version of the old PAN, people do not need to change their PAN number.