Following the successful payment of the same, the PAN holder can proceed to link PAN with Aadhaar, added the IT Department.

Apart from this, the IT Department made it clear that there is no need of downloading the challan receipt for linking PAN with Aadhaar.

“In this regard, it is to be informed that the status of challan payment may be checked in the ‘e-pay tax’ tab of the portal after login. If payment is successful, then PAN holder can proceed to link PAN with Aadhaar,” the IT Department said in a tweet.

“There is no need of downloading the challan receipt for linking PAN with Aadhaar. Further, as soon as the PAN holder completes the payment successfully, an email with an attached copy of the challan is already being sent to the PAN holder,” it added further.

Kind Attention PAN holders!

Instances have come to notice where PAN holders have faced difficulty in downloading the challan after payment of fee for Aadhaar-PAN linking.

In this regard, it is to be informed that status of challan payment may be checked in ‘e-pay tax’ tab of portal after login. If a payment is successful, then PAN holder can proceed to link PAN with Aadhaar.

There is no need of downloading of the challan receipt for linking PAN with Aadhaar. Further, as soon as the PAN holder completes the payment successfully, an email with an attached copy of the challan is already being sent to the PAN holder.

In cases where fee payment & consent for linking have been received, but linking has not been done till 30.06.2023, such cases will be duly considered by the Department.

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The last date for linking your PAN card with Aadhaar was yesterday, i.e June 30, 2023. If you don’t do it by yesterday, your PAN will be inoperative from July 1. In case you have linked your Aadhaar with PAN and are unable to download the challan after payment of fee after the linking, the Income Tax department has an update for you.