Know your PAN

Income Tax Department of India has announced yesterday (Aug 7, 2017) that they have invalidated (deactivated) 11.44 Lakh PAN cards across the nation.

Reasons could be

Here is how to check if your PAN card is still active or not

Visit http://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
Click on the link "Know your PAN"
Fill in the details - Name, Date of Birth, Mobile number as per the fields specified and then submit.
You would receive an OTP to the registered mobile. (Make sure you enter the same mobile number that you specified when you applied for the PAN card)
Once you validate the OTP, you will be directed to a page where in you can click the validate button. If the status shows "Active", your PAN doesn't have any issues.
In case of multiple entries for the same PAN, you would be asked to enter further details to ensure the information is right and display you the active PAN card in the next page.

Also, make sure to link your Aadhar card with your PAN

Here is how you can do it.

Visit http://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
Click on "Link Aadhar"
On the next page, enter the following details - PAN, Aadhar Number, Name as in Aadhar card,
Enter the Captcha code and click on "Link Aadhar" button
You will be redirected to login page using your PAN Card.
Enter the password (Register if you haven't already registered for the website).
Specify the Date of Birth (in case of an individual) / Date of Incorporation (in case of an organization)
Enter the Captcha code and click on "Login".
Once you login, a home page of yours appears and go to the option "Profile Settings" -> "Link Aadhar"
If your PAN card is already linked to Aadhar, you get the message "Your PAN card is linked to Aadhar Number XXXXXXXXXXXX"
In other cases, you just have to enter the details - Aadhar number, Name, Date of Birth to link your Aadhar card with PAN.

Good luck. Please comment if you find any problems

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