Easy Online Enrollment Process for DSC on New ITR Portal

Nowadays everything is present on the online web portals. One would apply for valid ID proof and would furnish his/her ITR online. 

Yes, one would read and write it Now every assessee who is subjected to furnish the tax would practice their DSC to furnish the ITR. The same has enabled the submission process of returns easier and diminishes the probabilities of getting fooled and theft from the brokers. So as to furnish or e-file the ITR on the new 2.0 portal the assessee must attach a digital signature of themselves towards the income tax filing to the tax return document so that the council could verify the same. 

Indeed as per the IT act, 2000 digital signatures have reached a similar value as of the regular signature. Furthermore the same is simple to verify and authenticate the digitally signed documents securely.

Towards Income Tax E-filing Use The Digital Signature 

Before that, if any of the assessees have chosen to furnish the ITR then it is essential for him to pose a safe electronic form of a signature that is Digital Signatures. Posing out the digital signature for the ITR furnished it simpler for the assessee to furnish their returns in a safe manner. 

• It rovides secured online transactions. 
• DSC application is the safest option with respect to the other conventional or electronic signatures. 
• A digital signature is considered in India and across the globe. 
• The platform restricts the attacks from hackers or phishing emails from stealing private information. 
• Once the document is signed, it gets protected and would not be revised or modified in any manner. 
• DSC application upon the income tax portal creates the domain ownership. 

Through the specifications as prescribed above, one would create signing work simpler and effective. 

Simple Steps of Downloading Emsigner Utility on New Tax Portal

The taxpayer should download the emsigner utility before enrollment of DSC as it is the mandatory process on the ITR portal. Let's follow a few important steps to download the emsigner utility:

Step 1: Open the income tax portal at https://www.incometax.gov.in/

Step 2: The user can tap on the 'downloads' option from the top menu.

Step 3: Press on the ‘DSC Management Utility’ option in the left panel.

Step 4: After that, you can tap on the link 'utility' (emBridge)'.

Step 5: Then the utility will be processed for downloading and the assessee can download and install it. 

Full Process for The DSC Registration in The New Govt IT Portal

Let’s try to understand how to register DSC on the new income tax portal which is recently updated by government of India.

Step 1: Go to the income tax e-filing portal at www.incometax.gov.in/

Step 2: After then click on my profile from the dashboard.

Step 3: After that, you can Go to the registration option for the Register DSC on the left.

Step 4: Fill the box with your email ID which is associated with the Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) token. After then choose the downloaded & installed emsigner utility and tap on the continue option.

Note: 

1. Your screen will prompt ‘Your registered DSC has already expired. Please re-register a valid DSC’ if your DSC expires. 
2. Towards re-registering the DSC tap on the view to see the information or tap on an update for renewing that. 
3. When you are required to enroll DSC with the principal contact then tap on the email id of the principal contact enrolled on the e-filing portal and go forwards to enroll DSC. 

Step 5: Choose the provider and certificate via the drop down menu and insert the provider password tap on the sign button.

The same shall show the success message upon the successful enrollment of DSC.