In today's era of digitization, more and more Small and Medium Enterprises are moving Online. There are more use of Computers, internet, ERP Softwares, Online Billing etc. than it was before. Businessmen are using all sorts of new technologies which will save their time and efforts, one of such technology is of Online Invoice printing and signing. Many of the software provider are providing these facilities and it saves a lot of time especially of those enterprises where there are more than hundreds of billing everyday. Use of Digital signature is gaining a lot of popularity and as the people are getting educated about the advantages of the system, they are getting inclined towards it.
Digital signature certificates comes in 3 classes i.e. Class I, Class II and Class III. The Information Technology Act has made the DSC signing at par with manual signing. Income Tax, Sales Tax, Company Law, all are making Digital Signing mandatory and so the Central Board of Excise and customs. Central Board of Excise and Customs with its latest Notification No. No. 18/2015-Central
Excise (N.T.) has
issued procedure and safeguards to be followed if the Tax payer wants
to issue invoices in Digital form with Digital Signature.
Now a Taxpayer can Digitally sign the Invoices issued to there clients and customers. The salient features and procedure for getting the assesse power of Digital Signing is given below: