<span style="color: #222222;">The Central  Board of Direct Taxes-CBDT has said that all communications made by the tax department to assessees from 1st of October will carry a Document Identification Number -DIN. It said,  issuance of DIN is another step towards better delivery of taxpayer services while ensuring accountability in official dealings.<br />''<br />''According to the Ministry of Finance, with a view to bringing greater transparency and improvement in service delivery, almost all notices and orders are being generated electronically on the Income Tax Business Application platform.It said, however, it has been brought to the notice that there have been some instances in which the notice was found to have been issued manually, without maintaining a proper audit trail of such communication. <br />''<br />''The CBDT has laid down parameters specifying the manner in which any communication issued by any income-tax authority relating to assessment, appeals, orders, enquiry and approval to the assessee will be dealt with. It has also specified exceptional circumstances where the communication could be issued manually. It also added that any communication which is not in conformity with the prescribed guidelines will be treated as invalid and be deemed to have never been issued.</span><br />