What is the process for Digital Signature Certificate?

Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) is an electronic form of signature. The Income Tax Department has made it mandatory to file Tax Audit along with a DSC.

The process is as follows:

1. Apply for DSC in order to authenticate your identity electronically.

2. Download DSC Utility from the Income Tax Website. (IT Website)

3. Register DSC  : You need to register in your account on IT website by generating a Signature File using DSC Utility.

4. Approve Tax Audit Report : Once your Auditor has filed the Tax Audit report, you need to accept/reject it from your account on IT website by generating a Signature File using the DSC Utility.

5.  Upload Income Tax Return : You can upload the ITR from your account on IT website by uploading the XML and Signature file generated from the DSC Utility.