PAN Aadhaar Card Link Status : The Income Tax Department said that it will consider the cases where the fee payment and consent for linking have been received, but linking has not been done till 30 June.

The status of challan payment for Aadhaar-PAN linking may be checked in the ‘e-pay tax’ tab of the portal after login, informed the Income Tax Department on 30 June after it noticed PAN holders facing difficulty.

For information on How to File Returns, please refer to the following resources:

• ITR-1 User Manual
• ITR-1 Frequently Asked Questions 
• ITR-2 User Manual 
• ITR-2 Frequently Asked Questions 
• ITR-3 User Manual (This content will be available shortly)
• ITR-3 Frequently Asked Questions  (This content will be available shortly)
• ITR-4 User Manual 
• ITR-4 Frequently Asked Questions 

Link Aadhaar Card with PAN Status

How to reset your Password Income Tax login? 

The Forgot Password service is available to all registered users on the e-Filing portal. With this service, you can reset you e-Filing portal password with e-Filing OTP / Aadhaar OTP / Bank Account EVC / Demat Account EVC / Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) / Net Banking.

2. Prerequisites for availing this service

• Registered user on the e-Filing portal with valid user ID

Additionally, refer to the below table for prerequisites for each option:

3. Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1: Go to the e-Filing homepage and click Login.

Step 2: On the Login page, enter your User ID and click Continue.

Step 3: On the Login page, select Secure Access Message, Password option and click Forgot Password.

Step 4: On the Forgot Password page, enter your user ID in the Enter User ID textbox and click Continue. 

Step 5: On the Select an Option to Reset Password page, select your preferred option as per the table below:

The options available will depend on the options enabled by you for your account. You can choose to modify the same using the e-Filing Vault Higher Security service.

Note: If you have enabled only one e-Filing Vault Higher Security option, only that particular option / method for resetting password is displayed.

5.1 Resetting your password using Aadhaar OTP

Step 1: On the Select an Option to Reset Password page, select OTP on mobile number registered with Aadhaar and click Continue.

Step 2: On the Set Password using OTP on mobile number registered with Aadhaar page, select Generate OTP and click Continue.

Alternatively, if you already have an Aadhaar OTP, select I already have OTP on mobile number registered with Aadhaar and enter the 6-digit OTP available with you. Click Continue and proceed to Step 5.

Step 3: On the Verify Your Identity page, select the Declaration checkbox and click Generate Aadhaar OTP.

Step 4: On the Verify Your Identity page, enter the 6-digit OTP received on your mobile number registered with Aadhaar in Enter the OTP textbox and click Verify.

Note:

• OTP will be valid for 15 minutes only.
• You have 3 attempts to enter the correct OTP.
• The OTP expiry countdown timer on screen tells you when the OTP will expire.
• On clicking Resend OTP, a new OTP will be generated and sent.

Step 5: On the Reset Password page, enter new password in Set New Password and Confirm Password textboxes and click Submit.

Note:

• Do not click Refresh or Back.
• While entering your new password, be careful of the password policy:
  • It should be at least 8 characters and at most 14 characters.
  • It should include both uppercase and lowercase letters.
  • It should contain a number.
  • It should have a special character (e.g. @#$%).

A success message is displayed along with a Transaction ID. Please keep a note of the Transaction ID for future reference.

5.2: Resetting your password using e-Filing OTP

Step 1: On the Select an Option to Reset Password page, select Use e-filing OTP and click Continue.

Step 2: On the Reset Password using e-Filing OTP page, select the Day, Month & Year of Birth as per the format and click Continue.

Step 3: On the Reset Password using e-Filing OTP page, enter the two separate 6-digit OTPs received on your mobile number and email ID registered on e-Filing portal and click Verify.

Note:

• OTP will be valid for 15 minutes only.
• You have 3 attempts to enter the correct OTP.
• The OTP expiry countdown timer on screen tells you when the OTP will expire.
• On clicking Resend OTP, a new OTP will be generated and sent.

Step 4: On the Reset Password page, enter new password in Set New Password and Confirm Password textboxes and click Submit.

Note:

• Do not click Refresh or Back.
• While entering your new password, be careful of the password policy:
  • It should be at least 8 characters and at most 14 characters.
  • It should include both uppercase and lowercase letters.
  • It should contain a number.
  • It should have a special character (e.g. @#$%).

A success message is displayed along with a Transaction ID. Please keep a note of the Transaction ID for future references.

5.3 Resetting your password using bank account / demat account EVC

Step 1: On the Select an Option to Reset Password page, select Bank Account EVC (or Demat Account EVC) and click Continue.

Step 2: On the Reset Password using Bank (or Demat) Account EVC page, select Generate EVC, if you want to generate a new EVC, and click Continue.

Alternatively, if you already have a bank account / demat account EVC, select I already have an EVC, and enter the bank account / demat account EVC available with you. Click Continue and proceed to Step 4.

Step 3: On the Reset Password using Bank (or Demat) Account EVC page, enter the EVC received on mobile number and email ID registered with your bank (or demat) account in Enter EVC textbox and click Continue.

Step 4: On the Reset Password page, enter new password in Set New Password and Confirm Password textboxes and click Submit.

Note:

• Do not click Refresh or Back.
• While entering your new password, be careful of the password policy:
  • It should be at least 8 characters and at most 14 characters.
  • It should include both uppercase and lowercase letters.
  • It should contain a number.
  • It should have a special character (e.g. @#$%).

A success message is displayed along with a Transaction ID. Please keep a note of the Transaction ID for future reference.

5.4 Resetting your password using Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)

Step 1: On the Select an option to Reset Password page, select Upload Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) and click Continue.

Step 2: On the Verify Your Identity page, select the relevant option and click Continue.

Note:

• If you already have a DSC registered on the e-Filing portal, select Registered DSC
• If you do not have a DSC registered on the e-Filing portal, select New DSC

Step 3: On the Verify Your Identity page, select Click here to download emsigner utility.

Step 4: After the download and installation of emsigner utility is complete, select I have downloaded and installed emsigner utility on the Verify Your Identity page and click Continue.

Step 5: On the Data Sign page, select your Provider, Certificate and enter the Provider Password. Click Sign.

Step 6: On the Reset Password page, enter new password in Set New Password and Confirm Password textboxes and click Submit.

Note:

• Do not click Refresh or Back.
• While entering your new password, be careful of the password policy:
  • It should be at least 8 characters and at most 14 characters.
  • It should include both uppercase and lowercase letters.
  • It should contain a number.
  • It should have a special character (e.g. @#$%).

A success message is displayed along with a Transaction ID. Please keep a note of the Transaction ID for future reference.

5.5 Resetting your password using Net Banking

Step 1: After clicking Forgot Password, click e-Filing Login using Net Banking.

Step 2: You will be taken to the Login with Net Banking page. Select the preferred bank and click Continue.

Step 3: Read and understand the disclaimer. Click Continue.

Step 4: You will be Net Banking login page of your Bank Account. Log in to your Net Banking account using Net Banking user ID and password.

Step 5: Click the link to log in to the e-Fling from your bank’s website.

Note: You will be logged out of the Net Banking and logged in to the e-Filing portal.

Step 6: On successful login, you will be taken to your e-Filing Dashboard. You can reset your e-Filing password by going to your profile and using the Change Password service. Refer to the Change Password user manual to learn more.

4. Related Topics

• Register Yourself 
• Change Password
• Login
• Register DSC
• e-Filing Vault Higher Security
• Link Aadhaar

Reference By Income Tax https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/help/how-to-reset-e-filing-password

What is Form 16A?

• Like Form 16, Form 16A is also a TDS certificate.
• Form 16A is an acknowledgement receipt that shows the tax that has been deducted from income other than salary of employees by the employer and the same has been deposited with the Income Tax Department.
• Form 16A is issued when the TDS deduction is made for the income from fixed deposits in the bank or TDS deducted on your rent receipts, TDS deducted on insurance commission, etc.
• Hence, when TDS is deducted on any other income you receive that is liable for such deduction, Form 16A is issued .
• Just like Form 16, Form 16A also contains the details of deductor and deductee, like name and address, details of PAN and details of TAN, also the amount of TDS deducted and deposited with the government.
• All TDS details whatever are there in Form 16A are available on Form 26AS.

How to get Form 16A- for TDS on income other than salary?

• Who person deducts the TDS, it is mandatory for the him to issue TDS certificate in form 16A to the deductee.
• Once the deductor submitted the details of TDS in Form 26AS and deposits the TDS, he/she can download Form 16A online. Form 16A can be downloaded from TRACES website.

What is the password or how to get the password for Form 16A?

• For security reasons, Form 16A is always password protected.
• To know the password for the Form 16A, you have to use the combination of first 5 characters of the PAN number in uppercase/capital letters and Date of Birth of the employee in DDMMYYYY format.
• That means if employee PAN number is ABCDE1234L and the employee date of birth is 11th December, 2022, then the password for Form 16A would be ABCDE11122022.

Form 16A is very important for taxpayers as this form helps the taxpayers in filing their income tax return smoothly. Form 16A also helps in verifying the income, income details and also the rate at which the TDS has been deducted. To avoid any problem or sort of inconstancy when filing income taxes, in 2022, it is compulsory for the taxpayers to get the details about Form 16, Form 16A and other Forms and use them accordingly.

The salient features are:

• The informant should have a recognised Aadhaar card number which is not linked to any other PAN card.
• The informant should have his/her registered mobile number with Aadhaar number .
• It is free of cost and Paper-less procedure and applicants are not need to refer/sumit or upload any documents.
• The applicant should not have another PAN.
• Possession of more than one PAN will be punishable under section 272B(1) of Income-tax Act,1961.
  

Procedure : immediate PAN

1. To apply for PAN, please visit the ”e-Filing website of Income-tax department”. (Url: www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in)
2. go to the link- ‘Instant PAN through Aadhaar’.
3. go to the link- ‘Get New PAN’.
4. Fill the details of your Aadhaar in the space provided and put correct captcha then confirm the details.
5. The informant will get an OTP on the registered Aadhaar mobile number; fit this OTP in the space provided on the web page.
6. After submit the details, an acknowledgement number will be originate. Kindly keep this acknowledgment number for future reference.
7. On prosperous ending, a text will be sent to the informant’s registered mobile number and e-mail id (if registered in UIDAI & authenticated by OTP). This message specifies the acknowledgement number.

Procedure: download PAN

1. To download PAN, please visit the e-Filing website of Income-tax department. (Url: www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in)
2. Go to the link- ‘Instant PAN through Aadhaar’.
3. Go to the link- ‘Check Status of PAN’.
4. fit the Aadhaar number in the space provided, then fit the OTP sent to the Aadhaar registered mobile number.
5. Check the status of application- whether PAN is allotted or not.
6. If PAN is allotted, go to on the download link to obtain a copy of the e-PAN pdf.

NOTE: PAN and validity of PAN 

• Electronically issued and Digitally signed ePAN is now a valid mode of issue of PAN post amendments in clause (c) in the Explanation occurring after sub- section (8) of Section 139A of Income Tax Act, 1961 and sub-rule (6) of Rule 114 of the Income Tax Rules, 1962.
• Government has recently amended sub-rule (6) of Rule 114 of the Income Tax Rules, 1962, vide G.F.R 1128(E), dated 19/11/2018 for empowering the Pr. DGIT(S) to notify formats and standards
  along with procedure of issue of PAN.
• Resultant to notification dated 19/11/2018, Pr. DGIT(S) has notified procedure, formats and standards of issue of PAN vide Directorate of Income-tax (Systems) notification 7/2018 dated 27.12.2018. Resultant to this notification, electronically issued digitally signed e-PAN now is a valid mode of issue of PAN.
• e-PAN also contains enhanced QR code having demographic (Name, DOB) as well as biometric (scanned photo and signatures) information of the PAN holders which can be accessed and used for PAN verification purposes in off-line mode.

Notification 7/2018 dated 27th December 2018 prescribing the Procedure, Format and Standards of issue of PAN notification_7_2018_pan

FORMAT OF E-PAN SAMPLE Format_of_e-PAN_Sample

Reference

https://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/e-PAN/index-Guidelines.html