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Key Highlights: :
1. Issuance of 2048 key strength with SHA1 end user certificate effective from 4th April 2011.
SHA2 with 2048 key strength will also be issued upon request from End user.
2. Change in application form as per latest DN field changes.
3. Change in Common name format in online enrollment form.
4. Inclusion of Postal Code field as mandatory in the online enrollment form
5. Only two types of certificates will be issued as mentioned below,
a) Signing Certificate (Used only for signing purpose)
b) Encryption Certificate (Used only for encryption purpose)
6. Only 1 year validity certificates (For SHA1) will be issued from 4th of April 2011 untill 31st Dec 2011.
7. Request numbers generated till 03.04.2011 will be rejected permanently post Interoperability changes
8. For certificate generated before Interoperability changes, replacement is not applicable after
interoperability changes move to production. (Since, there is a change in certificate details)
9. For certificates issued before Interoperability changes, renewal will be treated as Fresh issuance. (Since,
there is a change in certificate details)
10. Crypto tokens which do not support end user certificates with 2048 bit key strength should no longer be
used (Eg, Safenet iKey 1000, Safenet iKey 1032 and Aladdin e‐token 32K)
11. New CA and Sub CA certificates will be generated and hence the certificate chain has to be updated
accordingly in the website.
Firm or individual/HUF covered under section 44AB are mandatorily required to file ITR-5 or ITR-4 electronically using Digital Signature Certificates
INCOME-TAX (SIXTH AMENDMENT) RULES, 2011 - AMENDMENT IN RULE 12 NOTIFICATION NO. 37/2011 [F. NO. 149/68/2011-SO (TPL)], DATED 1-7-2011
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295, read with section 139 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely :—
1. (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2011.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 in rule 12, in sub-rule (3), in the proviso, for clauses (a) and (aa) the following clause shall be substituted, namely :—
"(a) a firm required to furnish the return in Form ITR-5 or an individual or Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) required to furnish the return in Form ITR-4 and to whom provisions of section 44AB are applicable, shall furnish the return for assessment year 2011-12 and subsequent assessment years in the manner specified in clause (ii);"
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