Andhra Pradesh Govt. Mandates DIN For All Communications From August 1, 2022

The Andhra Pradesh governmenthas mandated the generation and quoting of Document Identification Numbers on any communication sent to taxpayers by the officers and staff of the Commercial Taxes Department. "In keeping with the government's objectives of transparency and accountability in Commercial Taxes Department administration through widespread use of information technology, the commercial taxes department is implementing a system for electronic generation of a document identification number for all communication sent by its officers to taxpayers and other concerned people," the Andhra Pradesh government said. The commercial tax department issued all notices, summons, authorizations, inspection notices, post-registration field visits, etc., with a unique identification number through the back office system of the GSTN portal under the APGST Act, 2017. It may be regularised by obtaining the post facto approval of the immediate superior officer as regards the justification for issuing the communication without the electronically generated DIN; generating the DIN after post facto approval; and printing the electronically generated proforma bearing the DIN and filing it in the concerned file.