New Delhi: Digital Signature Certificates (DSC) are the digital equal or the digital format of bodily or paper certificates. Physical certificates similar to drivers’ licenses, passports or membership playing cards function proof of identification of a person for a sure function –viz a driver’s license identifies somebody who can legally drive in a explicit nation. Likewise, a digital certificates will be introduced electronically to show one’s identification, to entry info or companies on the Internet or to signal sure paperwork digitally.
Why do we need Digital Signature Certificates?
While the bodily paperwork are signed manually, digital paperwork, for instance e-forms are required to be signed digitally utilizing a Digital Signature Certificate, and therefore we need them.
How to acquire Digital Signature Certificate from a Certifying Authority?
There are three main methods through which a individual can acquire DSC from a certifying authority.
• Those who need to apply for Digital Signature Certificate can instantly strategy Certifying Authorities (CAs) with authentic supporting paperwork, and self-attested copies might be ample on this case. A licensed CA (who has been granted a license to challenge a digital signature certificates below Section 24 of the Indian IT-Act 2000) points the digital signature.
• DSCs may also be obtained, wherever supplied by CA, utilizing Aadhar eKYC based mostly authentication. In this case, supporting paperwork will not be required.
A letter/certificates issued by a Bank containing the DSC applicant’s info as retained within the Bank database will be accepted. However, such a letter or certificates ought to be licensed by the Bank Manager.
It could also be famous that the Income Tax division has knowledgeable tax payers by way of an e-mail communication, asking them to re-register their digital signature certificates (DSC) as soon as once more on the newly launched IT web site.
The new URL http://incometax.Gov.In has now changed the long-existing http://incometaxindiaefiling.Gov.In, and it went stay at 8:45 pm on June 7.
“Dear Taxpayer, Please ensure that you re-register your current valid DSC on the new e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in from June 7th onwards. The earlier digital signature (DSC) registration on the old portal cannot be migrated due to security and technical reasons,” reads the communication.
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