Each taxpayer (whether it is an individual or legal entity) in Russia has its own individual identification number (TIN), which is indicated in the certificate of registration with the tax authority. TIN allows you to personify a taxpayer, also this number is very important information that allows tax services to work successfully. The issuance of this certificate takes place at a tax organization at the place of registration of the citizen.
This number must be indicated when applying for a job, when making certain financial transactions (for example, the sale of movable and immovable property; registration of an inheritance), when opening a bank account or registering your activity as an individual entrepreneur.
For individuals, the TIN is a code consisting of 12 digits:
- the first two characters are the code of the subject of the Russian Federation;
- the next two digits are the tax authority number;
- the next six characters are the taxpayer number;
- the two final numbers are the control ones.
For legal entities, the TIN consists of 10 digits, unlike the TIN for individuals, the legal entity number includes five digits and the control only one.
Getting information about your TIN is easy
Is it possible to find out the TIN of a person who already has a certificate of registration with the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation? The question arises, how is it possible that a person does not know his TIN? Everything is very simple: the fact is that not every individual is assigned a TIN. Getting occurs in two cases:
- if an individual has made a personal statement;
- if an individual is the owner of property that is taxed (this happens automatically, and sometimes a person does not even realize that he is assigned a number).
How to find out a person’s TIN from passport data? This can be done easily via the Internet (online) using your passport data. Just make a request to the tax office by filling out a certain form on the website and wait for the answer containing the TIN. In this case, you do not need to go to the tax organization, stand in a long line, write a statement, and then wait for the issuance of a duplicate document.
How to find out a person’s TIN using the Internet? We recommend that you find out information about this only at two official resources: on the website of the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation and on the State Services portal. Information posted on these sites is stored in a database of government agencies.
Important! If some other site offers you options on how to find out a person’s TIN, then you should not trust him (after all, you will have to enter your passport data, which is unknown to anyone who gets into it).
By the way, it is not necessary to enter only passport data. You can use the data specified in the birth certificate, residence permit in Russia, a temporary residence permit in the country or in other documents.
Algorithm of actions on the website of the tax service
Using the service online on the website of the tax service (nalog.ru), how to find out if a person has a TIN will not be difficult for you. The algorithm of your actions:
- Click on the button "Electronic Services" on the main page.
- After reading the provision on the conditions under which information is provided to you, press the "Find out TIN" button.
- Fill out the form posted on the site. If you do not have a middle name, check the “No middle name” box. Date of birth is marked in the proposed calendar or printed manually. The column “Place of birth” can be left blank. In the column "Type of identity document" indicate "Passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation" or any other document that you have selected in the proposed list. Fill in the column “Pictures with numbers” (it is needed as confirmation that the form is filled out by a person, not a computer program): if the numbers are not completely legible, then click the “Update picture with numbers” button.
- If you made any mistakes during the filling process, then click the "Clear form" button and start filling it again.
- In the case of the correct filling, click the "Send Request" button and wait for a response.
The advantages of this method are speed, convenience and, of course, safety. Based on the foregoing, it becomes clear how to find out a person’s TIN with minimal computer skills.
What you need to do to register with the tax authority
If you do not have and never had a document on registration with a tax organization, you can get it by personally appearing at any tax office (this rule is enshrined in the Tax Code) or send a request with a corresponding request by mail or via the Internet .
Important! Regardless of where the individual is registered, he is registered.
When personally contacting the inspection, you must have with you a document that either certifies your identity (i.e. a passport) or confirms the authority of a representative (i.e. a power of attorney).
On a note! Persons applying in accordance with the established procedure for the first time for TIN do not pay state duty.
Another thing is if you are a legal entity or an individual who intends to engage in entrepreneurial activity (IP). These persons also do not need to pay a similar state duty, but no one has canceled the state duty for registering activities, during which they assign a TIN.
Important! In the event that the certificate is lost, then it will not be possible to avoid paying the state duty (in 2015 its size was 200 rubles).
How to recover lost evidence
What needs to be done to get a second certificate with the Federal Tax Service of Russia (in person)? Algorithm:
- make payment of state duty (preferably in Sberbank);
- fill out and submit the application in the prescribed manner to the tax organization at the place of registration;
- after 5 working days come and receive the "cherished" document.
How to get a TIN using an electronic service
In order to get the TIN using the Gosuslugi portal (section “Registration of an individual who is not an IP”), perform the following actions:
- Go to the site and register.
On a note! If you have previously registered on this site, then you do not need to do this again. Go to the site using the following data: name (full), mobile number or email.
- Fill out the proposed questionnaire and application, which you must save online.
- In case of incorrect filling in, the application is returned to you, and you carry out the whole procedure again (of course, monitoring the correct filling).
- By e-mail you receive information about all stages of the passage of your application.
- After the information about the readiness of your document is received, you either personally or your representative go to the tax authority and receive a certificate.
On a note! There is only one option, in order not to personally visit the tax organization - you must be the owner of an electronic or electronic digital signature (EDS or EDS). In this case, you will receive a file in your mail, which shows a certificate certified and digitally signed.
How to get an electronic signature
An electronic signature is an analogue of a handwritten one, that is, it has the same legal force. Individuals use it in order to significantly speed up and simplify the process of interaction with various government agencies, employers and educational institutions.
Legal entities and individual entrepreneurs use electronic signatures (EDS) in order to minimize enterprise costs and increase work efficiency, for example, to submit reports to tax authorities without personal presence, receive government services through an electronic portal, participate in tenders, and gain access to specialized resources etc.
You can order an electronic signature at special centers that have received appropriate accreditation within the territory of Russia. Together with the digital signature you receive a certificate in which the data of the owner of the electronic signature are recorded, the period during which it is valid, as well as the scope of its application.
Is it possible to find out the INN by name
Data on the TIN by the name of the legal entity or individual engaged in entrepreneurial activity is quite simple to obtain. To do this, just do the following:
- go to the public services website and click on the “All Services” tab;
- click on the button "Business Risks";
- click the "Individual Entrepreneur / KFH" button;
- write the name of the person whose TIN you are trying to find, as well as the region of his residence;
- Search completed - TIN in front of you.
On a note! Using this service, you will not be able to find the TIN of any individual. You can only do this if it has been registered as an individual entrepreneur.
But how to find out a person’s data by TIN? You are unlikely to get such information, knowing only this number.
What information can be obtained using the TIN
Each businessman is interested in having a maximum of useful information about his counterparty. Therefore, having his full name and TIN, he can request an extract from the Unified State Register of Enterprises in a tax organization (at the place of registration of the individual entrepreneur). Having this document in hand, its owner has the following information: IP registration number, date of registration, types of its activities and data on issued licenses.
Important! The following data will remain unavailable: information about the bank account, data from the passport and the address at which the person is registered. This information is personal; it is issued only at the request of the court or government agencies.
Debts: how to find out about them
How can I find out a person who has certain tax debts by the TIN of an individual? To do this, go to the public services portal and after a few minutes you already own all the information you are interested in. You simply enter either the data from your passport or TIN, and then click on the “Find Debt” button.
Important! If you enter only the last name on the site, then you are unlikely to receive information about tax debts.
Finally
How can I find out a person’s passport data by TIN? Don’t even try, nothing will work. The maximum that you can count on is information about whether he is an entrepreneur or not. But if you yourself have lost a certificate and do not remember your TIN, then you have the opportunity to find it out pretty quickly.