PAN-Aadhaar link: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) recently notified new rules for Aadhaar card holders making it mandatory to link your PAN card to Aadhaar before the December 31 2025 deadline failing which your Permanent Account Number (PAN) card will be deactivated from January 1 2026. How to link PAN card to Aadhaar? Check out the step-by-step guide to link your PAN with Aadhaar; Visit the official Income Tax e-filling portal by clicking on this link (https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/) Click on Link Aadhaar in left side panel. Enter your PAN number and Aadhaar number and hit validate to link your PAN to Aadhaar. Thats it you have successfully submitted request to link your Aadhaar details to your PAN card. How to check Aadhar-PAN link on Income Tax portal? You can check whether your PAN and Aadhaar are already linked by following the steps below; Visit the Income Tax Portal (https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/) Click on “Link Aadhaar Status” and enter your PAN and Aadhaar details. Hit View Link Aadhaar Status to check whether your PAN and Aadhaar are linked. How to check Aadhaar-PAN link status via SMS? Additionally you can also check the status of the your Aadhaar-PAN link via a simple SMS. Heres how; Type UIDPAN <12-digit Aadhaar> <10-digit PAN> Send the text to 567678 or 56161. Youll receive a confirmation message about the status of your Aadhaar-PAN link. Important to mention here that users mobile number must be linked to Aadhaar to complete the Aadhaar-PAN linking which is now mandatory to prevent the deactivation of your PAN. Once again the deadline for the PAN-Aadhaar link is December 31 2025 11:59 PM after which your PAN will be deactivated when the New Year rings in.