If you haven’t yet linked your PAN with Aadhaar, do it before December 31. If your PAN is found unlinked to Aadhaar by December 31, 2025, your PAN card will become inoperative and this will directly impact your income, investments, and tax refunds, according to tax-filing platform TaxBuddy.

In a social media post on ‘X’ (previously Twitter), TaxBuddy said, “Your PAN card will be deactivated from Jan 1 2026. No ITR filing. No refunds. Even your salary credit or SIP could fail.”

Why is PAN-Aadhaar linking necessary?

The government has made it mandatory to link PAN and Aadhaar to make the tax system transparent and accountable.

The CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) has clarified that those who have a PAN card issued before July 1, 2017, must link it to their Aadhaar.

Additionally, t

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