(a) whether the Government has taken any decision to introduce
the new system of Document Identification Number (DIN) for Income
Tax Return; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
(a) whether the Government has taken any decision to introduce
the new system of Document Identification Number (DIN) for Income
Tax Return; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE:(SHRI S.S. PALANIMANICKAM)
(a)&(b): Yes Madam. It has been provided in the Income Tax Act,
1961 that every Income Tax Authority shall allot a computer
generated Document Identification Number (DIN).
Every document, letter or any correspondence, shall be received by
an income tax authority or on behalf of such authority, only after
allotting and quoting of a computer generated Document Identification Number.