TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Verification Procedures for Digital Signature Certificate enrolment by the public
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....its functions: A. The Registration Authorities working under iCERT CA is the interface between the iCERT CA and the applicants of Digital Signature Certificate. They perform, on behalf of iCERT CA, the functions such as: i. Receipt of application for the issuance of the iCERT Digital Signature Certificates and verification of relevant information; ii. forwarding appropriate requests along with their recommendation to iCERT CA for issuance or revocation of Digital Signature Certificates iii. Verification of the requests for revocation of digital signatures as received from the iCERT CA. iv. Notifying the applicant about the issuance/revocation of Digital Signature Certificate. The details of the obligations of the RA have been provided specifically in the para 2.1.2 of the CPS of the iCERT CA as well. B. There are 5 RA (Registration Authority) situated at Mumbai, Kolkatta, Chennai, Bangalore and Delhi . These RAs have their verification teams located in each of the Central Excise Commissionerates. The jurisdiction of the Verification team extends over those applicants whose principal office is located within the territorial jurisdiction of the jurisdictional Central Ex....
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.... Service Tax Assesses. 6. What is Minimum System Requirement needed by the applicant: The following minimum specifications are recommended for the subscriber's computer to complete the web subscription process: Sl. No Software particulars Specifications 1 Browser Netscape 8.0 & above. 2 Operating System MS Window 2000 (SP4)/XP (SP2) or above 7. What is Enrollment Procedure : The applicant shall submit the application in the following manner: - i. On the website of iCERT CA the applicant shall submit his application online by accessing the URL, i.e. https://www.icert.gov.in and fill up the application form hosted there. On the receipt of the application, a unique 'request-id' would be generated by the RA Web application, which should be noted down by the applicant. This unique 'requestid' would be used for all future references and communications between the CA, RA (including Verification Teams) and the applicant. ii. While submitting the details on website, the applicant shall ensure that he uses the same PC and same browser to download the Certificate, on receipt of link from iCERT Verification Procedure for Digital Signature Certificate Enrollment by Public ver.2.0 ....
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....l Authority, self attested copies of the following documents are also required to be sent, in addition to the above mentioned documents: I. Registration Certificate; II. Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum and Article of Association or Partnership deed; III. Balance Sheet/Profit & Loss Account statement of the last financial year (preferably duly audited) [It is clarified that only Balance Sheet/P&L A/C statement for last financial year, available, need to be submitted]; IV. Current Bank Accounts Statements/Passbook extracts containing only page of any one Bank Account Statement/Passbook showing name and address of the accountholder and the pages containing current ten transactions, and V. Permanent Account Number Card issued by the Income Tax Department. On receipt of the documents from the applicant, the RA Agent shall examine the same and shall acknowledge its receipt thereof through a confirmatory e-mail/fax/telephone. It is clarified that only documents, that are mentioned above or are prescribed by iCERT from time to time, need to be asked from the applicant. During verification the RA/Verification Team staffs have been instructed not to ask for any additional ....
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....fication Report. After verification, the original documents shall be returned to the applicant. This process of verification shall be completed within 5 working days from the date of receipt of the applicant's documents. iii. Thereafter, the Superintendent shall submit the Verification Report to the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner in charge of the Verification Team who shall forward the verification report along with his comments and the documents to the RA. A soft copy of the Verification Report digitally signed by the Verification Team shall also be mailed to the RA Officer/Agent. iv. During the verification process, if any discrepancy is noticed, the applicant shall be informed accordingly and he shall be provided with an opportunity for rectification. The purpose of sending digitally signed report over the email (as mentioned in para 9(iii) above) is to allow for speedier communication of verification reports to the RA using email since postal messages from the verification teams usually take a longer time to reach the RAs. Thus, it is hereby clarified that even if the verification team does not send a digitally signed report to the RA, the RA can process the subscriber'....