TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Generation and quoting of Document Identification Number (DIN) on any communication issued by the officers of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) to tax payers and other concerned persons
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....l Commissioners of Customs All Principal Additional Director Generals, All Commissioners of Customs All Additional Director Generals All Joint Secretaries/Commissioners, CBIC. Madam/Sir, Subject: Generation and quoting of Document Identification Number (DIN) on any communication issued by the officers of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) to tax payers and other concerned persons- reg. In keeping with the Government's objectives of transparency and accountability in indirect tax administration through widespread use of information technology, the CBIC is implementing a system for electronic (digital) generation of a Document Identification Number (DIN) for all ....
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....mmunication shall expressly state that it has been issued without a DIN. The exigent situations in which a communication may be issued without the electronically generated DIN are as follows:- (i) when there are technical difficulties in generating the electronic DIN, or (ii) when communication regarding investigation/enquiry, verification etc. is required to issued at short notice or in urgent situations and the authorized officer is outside the office in the discharge of his official duties. 4. The Board also directs that any specified communication which does not bear the electronically generated DIN and is not covered by the exceptions mentioned in para 3 above, shall be treated a....
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....ser) is provided with add/activate/inactivate/delete and edit options which can be availed for namely adding, activating, inactivating, editing and deleting the users as follows: (a) Add:- Officers name/designation and branch can be added by selecting appropriate designation and branch from the drop down menu provided against the respective column. (b) Activate:- Once the user activates the URL and provides the user name and password and OTP, the authorization will be processed by the system and shall be reflected as Green Radio button. (c) Inactivate:-Any already added user who may be diverted on temporary basis to attend to some other assignment in the case of administrative e....
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....ing the OTP received. (v) After successfully logging in, the user shall see the Dashboard displaying different categories, for total number of summons, search authorizations, inspection notices and arrest memos issued by the user. Initially, the figures under each category shall be 'zero'. (vi) The user shall click "Generate DIN" on the Menu Bar located at the left hand side of the Screen and enter the details of the communication to be issued by choosing its category and selecting the appropriate title of the communication from the dropdown menu "Choose Document" (vii) After filling in all the required information, and clicking on the "View & Save DIN" button, the user ....
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....e course of any enquiry. The format of the DIN shall be CBIC-YYYY MM ZCDR NNNNNN where, (a) YYYY denotes the calendar year in which the DIN is generated, (b) MM denotes the Calendar month in which the DIN is generated, (c) ZCDR denotes the Zone-Commissionerate-Division-Range Code of the field formation/Directorate of the authorized user generating the DIN, (d) NNNNNN denotes 6 digit alpha-numeric system generated random number. 10. The electronic generation of DIN and its use in official communications to taxpayers and other concerned persons is a transformative initiative. Principal Chief Commissioners/Principal Director Generals / Chief Comm....