Instead of PAN, Aadhar can now be used for filing income tax return

July 5: Presenting the Union Budget on Friday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that Income Tax Returns (ITR) can now be filed by simply quoting Aadhaar number and a PAN card will not be necessary from now onwards. announced interchangeability of PAN and Aadhaar card for ease and convenience to tax-payers.

Nirmala Sitharaman said, “More than 120 crore Indians now have Aadhar card, therefore for ease of tax payers I propose to make PAN card and Aadhar card interchangeable and allow those who don’t have PAN to file returns by simply quoting Aadhar number and use it wherever they require to use PAN.”