How To Download e-PAN Card Applied Through UTIITSL?

Finance Guru Speaks: This article will provide you detail on how you can generate or download your e-PAN Card. PAN applicants can download their e-PANs directly using the steps mentioned in this article, provided they have issued their PAN through UTIITSL.

Download Your e-PAN Card

e-PAN Card becomes very handy especially when due to any reasons you haven't received your physical PAN Card.

Steps to download or generate your e-PAN Card:-

1. Open UTIITSL Website by clicking here.

2. Enter your PAN No. and Date of Birth (MM/YYYY format) and click on Submit button:-

Click to enlarge - Download Your e-PAN Card

3. On the Next page, generate OTP on your registered Email/SMS. Click on Get OTP button as shown below:-

How To Verify Your PAN Card No.?

Finance Guru Speaks: This article will provide you detail on how you can verify your PAN Card No. without logging to Income Tax department website.

Steps to verify your PAN No. :-

1. Open Income Tax India E-Filing Website by clicking here.

2. On the left-hand side, under Quick Links section, you can click Verify Your PAN Details link:-

Verify Your PAN Details

3. In the Next page, enter your PAN details as shown below:-

Verify Your PAN Details

Congratulations to verify your PAN Card details against the Income Tax records.

Verify Your PAN Details

NOTE: Incase your PAN No. is correct however other details like Date of Birth or Full Name is not matching as per records then you can see below message:-

Verify Your PAN Details

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How To Recover or Reset Income Tax India eFiling Login Password?

Finance Guru Speaks: Have you forgot your Income Tax India eFiling Password and wondering how to recover or reset it? If yes, then this article will take care of your concerns!

Please follow simple steps to recover or reset Income Tax India eFiling Login Password as shown below:-

 1. Open Income Tax India eFiling Portal by clicking here
  
 2. As shown below, Click on Forgot Password? link as shown below :-

Income Tax India-Forgot Password

 3. In the Next Screen, provide your PAN No and Enter Captcha as shown below:-

Income Tax India-Forgot Password

 4. In the Next Screen, verify your records with the mentioned options. In this case, we are selecting Using OTP option to authenticate ourselves. .

Income Tax India-Forgot Password

5. In the Next Screen, we are selecting option to get the OTPs against registered EMail and Mobile No. OTP will be sent against your registered Mobile No. and Email ID which is stored against your Income Tax records:-

Income Tax India-Forgot Password

 6. In the Next Screen, provide the received OTPs (EMail and Mobile) and click on Validate, as shown below:-

Income Tax India-Forgot Password

7. In the Next Screen, provide new Password which you want to set now and click on Submit. Make sure to follow the Password policy as mentioned. :-

Income Tax India-Forgot Password

Congratulations!! Your Income Tax India eFiling Password is now reset successfully. :-)

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How To Link Your PAN With Aadhaar Using SMS

Finance Guru Speaks: This article will provide you detail on how you can link your Aadhaar No. with your PAN using SMS.

Link PAN with Aadhaar through SMS

There is no need to login or be registered on Income Tax Department E-filing website. 

Steps to link PAN with Aadhaar in Income Tax Department website using SMS:-

Send SMS as UIDPAN<space><12 digits Aadhaar No.><space><10 digits PAN No.> to 567678 or 56161

Example: If your Aadhaar No. is 112233445566 and PAN No. is AAABB1111C, then you need to send SMS as UIDPAN 112233445566 AAABB1111C to 567678 or 56161

Congratulations on linking your PAN with Aadhaar using SMS. :-)


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Income Tax - How To Link Your PAN With Aadhaar

Finance Guru Speaks: This article will provide you detail on how you can link your Aadhaar No. with your PAN.

Link PAN with Aadhaar

There is no need to login or be registered on Income Tax Department E-filing website. 

Steps to link PAN with Aadhaar in Income Tax Department website:

1. Open Income Tax Department e-Filing Website.

2. As shown below, click on Link Aadhaar link under Services section.

Link PAN with Aadhaar

3. Provide your PAN and Aadhaar No. and click on "Link Aadhaar" as shown below:-

Click to enlarge - Link PAN with Aadhaar

Congratulations on linking your PAN with Aadhaar. :-)

Link PAN with Aadhaar

Be careful to provide your Name exactly as mentioned in Aadhaar Card.

After  verification  from UIDAI, the linking of PAN and Aadhaar will be confirmed. If the Name mentioned in Aadhaar is completely  different  from  name  in  PAN,  then  the  linking  will  fail
and you will  be prompted to change the name in either Aadhaar or in PAN database.

Please ensure that the date of birth and gender mentioned in PAN and Aadhaar are exactly same.

This facility is also available after login on the e-filing website. 

1. Go to Profile settings.
2. Choose Aadhaar linking. The details as per PAN will be pre-populated.

Link PAN with Aadhaar

3. Enter Aadhaar no. and enter your Name exactly as given in the Aadhaar Card.
4. Submit

Purpose of this exercise: This linking can be used for E-Verification of Income Tax returns using OTP sent to your mobile registered with Aadhaar.

As a responsible Tax Payer, you are encouraged to link your PAN and Aadhaar as early as possible. :-)


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Know About Income Tax Department - Certificate of Appreciation

Finance Guru Speaks: As a very surprising step, Income Tax Department has started to issue "Certificate of Appreciation" for acknowledging Individual Tax Payers contributions towards paying taxes within the prescribed time and prompt filing of Income Tax Returns.

This step marks the first effort by the Government to directly communicate to the tax payer its appreciation for their contribution towards Nation Building.

CBDT has started sending out this certificates to individual tax payers by e-mail in various  categories on the basis of the level of taxes paid by them for the current Assessment Year 2016-17  where taxes have been paid in full and tax payers have no outstanding tax liabilities and where the return is e-filed within the prescribed due date.

Income Tax Department Certificate of Appreciations are divided into below categories:-

1. Platinum : Tax contributed Rs 1 Crore and above 
2. Gold : Tax contributed Rs 50 Lakh to Rs 1 Crore
3. Silver : Tax contributed Rs 10 Lakh to Rs 50 Lakh
4. Bronze : Tax contributed Rs 1 Lakh to Rs 10 Lakh

Below is the Bronze Certificate of Appreciation released by Income Tax Department :-

CBDT - Income Tax Department - Certificate of Appreciation

The CBDT urges taxpayers to e-file their returns in time and verify their return by submitting the Electronic Verification Code online or sending their ITR-V within the 120 day period so that they can be also acknowledged for their contribution.


Images Courtesy: Income Tax Department, India

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