Income tax Department change in the registration procedure of DSC with effect from 17.08.2010

The Authorized Signatory must use a fresh DSC having encrypted value of his PAN, as issued by Certifying Authorities with effect from 01/08/2010 in the following cases:

• Non-Resident Companies where the Directors are foreign nationals
• Companies where the I-T Return is being filed for fist Time.
• Companies where managing directors has changed and other directors are unavailable or also have changed.

In the cases of other than mentioned above the existing procedure will continue.

NEW PROCEDURE OF REGISTRATION OF DSC IS AS BELOW:

• The Authorized Signatory must use a fresh DSC having encrypted value of his PAN, as issued by Certifying Authorities with effect from 01/08/2010.
• Enter Authorized Signatory’s PAN number while registering the DSC. The same person must also enter the same PAN in the Verification portion of the I-T Return which he is signing in his capacity as Director/ Partner/Karta/Authorized Signatory.
• If the Authorized Signatory PAN number matches the encrypted value of the PAN present in the DSC – then the DSC will be registered after selecting the appropriate type of DSC (.pfx or USB token) and clicking on ‘Select Your .PFX File Certificate’.
• In case of an Individual is registering his DSC for submitting own ITR (ITRs 1-4 case) then his PAN as per his login should match the encrypted PAN contained in the DSC- then the DSC will be registered after selecting the appropriate type of DSC (.pfx or USB token) and clicking on ‘Select Your .PFX File Certificate’.
•  Now, the I-T Return for the Self / Company / Firm / Entity PAN can be signed using this registered DSC.

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