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Generation and quoting of a unique Reference Number (RFN) on all communications issued by officers of the State Goods and Services Tax Department to taxpayers and other concerned individuals, instead of using DIN - instructions issued.

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..... rcular No. 8/2020 dated 04.08.2020 of the Commissioner of State GST 1. The State GST department had implemented a system of Document Identification Number (DIN) for manual communication issued by the officers to taxpayers and other concerned individuals. The generation of DIN was intended to digitalize the offline communications sent from the department to taxpayers or other concerned individuals, ensuring transparency and accountability in tax administration. The DIN facility is currently available in the Model 1 back-end system. However, the State GST Department has transitioned from a Model 1 to a Model 2 back office system as of March 1st, 2022. In the Model 2 back office system, a special Reference Number (RFN) facility is used ins .....

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..... fice in the discharge of his official duties. 4. The generation of RFN is not required for notices, orders, and communications that are legally issued by SGST officials through the GST Model-2 back office system and are meant to be delivered to the taxpayer via the GSTN Portal. However, under no circumstances shall any manually issued message be eligible for this exemption. 5. Any specified communication that does not bear an electronically generated RFN and is not exempt from the restrictions listed in Paragraph 3 above will be regarded as invalid and shad be deemed to have never been issued. 6. In the circumstances described in paragraph 3 above, any communication issued without an electronically generated RFN must be regularize .....

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..... RFN Generation page will be displayed, and the RFN can be generated by entering the appropriate details in the fields and clicking on the 'Generate RFN' button. This RFN can then be mentioned in the communication to the taxpayer. 11. Similarly, the Search RFN feature on the same page can be used to search previously generated RFNs by the said officer, 12. The taxpayers have also been provided with the facility to verify the RFN generated, both before and after logging in, by navigating to Services User Services Verify RFN option. These instructions shall take immediate effect, and Circular No. 08/2020 dated 04/08/2020 stands rescinded with immediate effect. COMMISSIONER - Circular - Trade Notice - Public Noti .....

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