GSTN Issues Advisory on Issuance of Notices/Orders without Digital Signatures of the Issuing Authorities



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The GST Network (GSTN) has issued an advisory to address concerns about the validity of tax notices and orders issued through the common portal. Documents like show cause notices and refund orders, generated and digitally signed by officers within the system, are considered valid even if the downloaded PDF does not display a physical digital signature. Taxpayers can verify the authenticity of these documents pre-login or post-login on the GST portal.

Doubts have been created regarding the validity of documents issued by the tax officers on the common portal viz. Show cause Notices, Order of Assessment, Refund Orders etc. which are not containing the Digital signatures on the pdf. document downloaded from the common portal. In this context, it is
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FAQ :

Yes, according to the GSTN advisory, documents generated through the GST common portal are valid. The system digitally signs these documents upon issuance by the authorised officer, even if the signature isn't visible on the downloaded PDF.

Documents are digitally signed by the issuing officer when they log into the common portal using their digital signature. The order details and issuing officer information are stored in the GST system with this digital signature.

Yes, taxpayers can verify the validity and issuance details of these documents on the GST common portal, both before and after logging in.

You can verify communications by navigating to Services > User Services > Verify RFN on the GST portal after logging in. Alternatively, you can use the link https://services.gst.gov.in/services/verifyRfn for pre-login verification.

Critical actions such as issuing any notice, issuing any order, or issuing any refund order in any module require digital signature authentication by the authorised officer.




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