Tuesday 2 February 2016

DSC Management Utility User Manual for Income Tax Efiling

Taxpayers have recently reported that they have faced problems in using the Digital Signature Certificate for Signing through browser at the time of uploading their Income Tax Return. This is because the latest browser versions have started disabling the standard way in which browser support plug-in functions to address security. Hence Java applet that was used by the e-Filing website would not work in the latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla
or Internet Explorer.

In order to address this issue and to simplify the procedure for uploading Income Tax return (ITR) with Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) a easy to use software utility has been developed which would have to be downloaded in taxpayer's computer and used for signing using Digital Signature Certificate.


DSC Management Utility – User Manual

Pre-requisites
1. DSC has to be registered in e-Filing portal.
2. Java version 1.7 or above to be installed in the system.


 
Detailed steps are as follows:
Step1: Download “ITD e-Filing DSC Management Utility” from the link provided in e-Filing at the time of XML upload.
Step2: Extract the zip folder and open the utility (DSC_MGMT_UTILITY.jar).
Step3: The utility will be opened as below.


 


Step 4: Use the “Browse” button to select the valid XML file to be uploaded in e-Filing.



Step 5: Select the type of Digital Signature Certificate.







Using .pfx File:
Step (i): Click on “Browse” button to select a valid “.pfx” file.



Step (ii): Enter the password for the selected “.pfx” file.


Step (iii): Click on “Generate Signature file” button.
A success message will be displayed and signature file will be generated and saved at the location where XML was stored.





Step (iv): Upload the XML along with the generated signature file in eFiling portal to complete the filing with DSC.
Using USB Token:
Step (i): Select a valid USB token certificate.



Step (ii): Enter USB token PIN.





Step (iii): Click on ‘OK’ button.
A success message will be displayed and signature file will be generated and saved at the location where XML was stored.





Step (iv): Upload the XML along with the generated signature file in eFiling portal to complete the filing with DSC.

1 comment:

  1. when we register with dsc files are generated and we can save it in our selected location. But for some persons after giving the password it is not showing the files for saving. What is the solution?

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