Digital Signature

I am trying to file Income Tax return (ITR 6) of a company. Do I have to use a Digital Signature? Is this mandatory only for domestic companies- are there any exceptions? What type of Digital signature should I use? Should the Digital Signature (DSC) be in the name of the Company or the Director? Do I have to register the DSC prior to uploading the ITR of the Company? Full Article

By now, many of you would have filed several tax returns of your clients or your own companies or even your own returns. It has been brought to our notice that this year, whenever an ITR form is filed electronically without the digital signature, the system shows that the ITR-V has been e-mailed to the e-mail ID registered with the Income-tax Department’s web site. Thereafter, when the ITR-V is tried to be opened, the system asks for a password. This was creating probl.. Full Article

The Income Tax (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2011 are notified with effect from 1 July 2011 to provide that, a firm required to furnish the return of income in Form ITR-5, or an individual or Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) required to furnish the return of income in Form ITR-4 and to whom provisions of section 44AB of the Act are applicable, shall furnish the return of income electronically under the digital signature, with effect from AY 2011-12. Full Article

Digital Signature Certificate made mandatory w.e.f 1st July 2011 for Firms and Individuals whose accounts are required to be audited u/s 44 AB of the Income Tax Act' 1961. Click here to download notification no. S.O. 1497(E) dtd 1st July 2011 in this regard. Full Article

Notification No. 37/2011 [F. No. 149/68/2011-So (Tpl)], Dated 1-7-2011 Income-Tax (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2011 - Amendment in Rule 12 - In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 in rule 12, in sub-rule (3), in the proviso, for clauses (a) and (aa) the following clause shall be substituted, namely :—(a) a firm required to furnish the return in Form ITR-5 or an individual or Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) required to furnish the return in Form ITR-4 and to whom provisions of sectio.. Full Article

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has stipulated a Class-II or above category certificate for e-filings under MCA21. A person who already has the specified DSC for any other application can use the same for filings under MCA21 and is not required to obtain a fresh DSC. The DSCs are typically issued with one year validity and two year validity. These are renewable on expiry of the period of initial issue. Full Article

In order to cut timelines and an another step towards “Green Initiative” it has been decided that all certificates and standard letters issued by the Registrar of Companies will now be issued electronically under the Digital Signature of the Registrar of Companies. The Digital Certificates are being developed and will be available for issue by 30th June, 2011 in phased manner. Full Article

An amendment to Rule 12 of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 vide notification no. 49 dated 9th July,2010 made it mandatory for all Companies (including foreign companies) filing ITR-6 to digitally sign the Income-tax return for the AY 2010-11. Thereafter, Full Article