Generation and quoting of Document Identification Number (DIN) on any communication issued by the officers of the Central Board Of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) to tax payers and other concerned persons - Customs - Public Notice No. 18/2019

सीमा शुल्क प्रधानआयुक्त कार्यालय आयात अंतर्देशीय कंटेनर डिपो: तुगलकाबाद: नजदीक दिल्ली-110096 C. No VIII/ICD/TKD/Imp/DIN/85/20149/29752-29770 Dated: 31.12.2019 Public Notice No. 18/2019 Subject: Generation and quoting of Document Identification Number (DIN) on any communication issued by the officers of the Central Board Of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) to tax payers and other concerned persons- reg. Attention of all the Importers, Customs Brokers and Member of the Trade is invited to the Circular No. 37/2019 dated 05.11.2019 issued by the Commissioner (Investigation- Customs), CBIC regarding generation and quoting of Document Identification Number (DIN) on any communication issued by the officers of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) to tax payers and other concerned persons. 2. Vide the aforementioned Circular, CBIC had specified that the DIN monitoring system would be used for incorporating a DIN on search authorizations, summons, arrest memos, inspection notices etc. to begin with. Further, a facility was provided to enable the recipient of these documents/communications to easily verify their genuineness by confirming the DIN on-line at cbic.gov.in. In continuation of the same the Board vide its Circular No. 43/2019 dated 23.12.2019 has now directed that electronic generation and quoting of Document Identification Number (DIN) shall be done in respect of all communications (including e-mails) sent to tax payers and other concerned persons b an office of the Central Board f Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) across the country. 3 Accordingly, the online digital platform/facility already available on the Directorate of Data Management's (DDM's) online portal 'cbicddm.gov.in' for electronic generation of DIN has been suitably enhanced to enable electronic generation of DIN in respect of all forms of communication (including e-mails) sent to tax payers and other concerned persons. On the one hand electronic generation of DIN's would create a digital directory for maintaining a proper audit trail of communications sent to tax payers and other concerned persons and on the other hand, it would provide the recipient of such communication a digital facility to ascertain the genuineness of the communication. 4. Any specified communication which does not bear the electronically generated DIN and is not covered by the exceptions mentioned in paragraph 4 of Circular No. 37/2019 dated 05.11.2019, shall be treated as invalid and shall be deemed to have never been issued provided the omission is not regularized as per the procedure stated in para or the said circular. 5. All Importers, Custom Brokers and Trade Associations are requested to give wide publicity to the Contents of this Public Notice among their member in particular and trade in general. 6. Difficulties faced, if any, may be brought to the notice of the Additional Commissioner of Customs of Customs (Import), [CD, T K I), New Delhi. 7. This issues with the approval of the Principal Commissioner of Customs, ICD, (Import), Tughlakabad, New Delhi. Additional Commissioner of Customs ICD (Import), Tughlakabad, New Delhi