The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the deadline for reporting Aadhaar number to the Income Tax Department for linking PAN with Aadhaar from September 30, 2021 to March 31, 2022.
Also, the due date for completion of penalty proceedings under the Act has been extended from September 30, 2021 to March 31, 2022.
In addition, the deadline for issuing notices and passing orders by the judicial authority under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act 1988 has also been extended up to March 31, 2022.
This extension of the timeline for compliance under the Income Tax Act has been granted in view of representations received from various stakeholders and after considering the hardship being faced by them due to the COVID pandemic, an official release said.
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