TIN is a taxpayer identification number that the tax office assigns to individuals and legal entities. A unique taxpayer number is necessary in order to track the history of his tax payments, debts to the budget, and submission of reports.
Individual entrepreneurs, organizations and government employees must have a TIN number. Ordinary citizens, although they are not required to have one, are also faced with the fact that a TIN is requested when applying for a job, applying to a bank, or making transactions.
How many digits are in the TIN depends on who owns it. The number of an individual has 12 digits:
- the first 4 digits are the code of the Federal Tax Service that assigned the code;
- the next 6 digits are the serial number of the individual’s record;
- the last 2 are the control number.
The individual entrepreneur's TIN will be the same as that of an individual who has become an individual entrepreneur.
The TIN of a legal entity is shorter, it has 10 digits:
- the first 4 digits are the code of the Federal Tax Service that assigned the code;
- the next 5 digits are the serial number of the organization record;
- the last digit is the check number.
Example TIN - 563565286576
When do you need to get a TIN?
When a child is born, parents draw up a package of documents for him, which includes a birth certificate and SNILS, but the TIN is not on this list. That is, if you have a child, you do not need to run to the Federal Tax Service and register for a taxpayer number.
The title of the document speaks for itself. This is the number of the person who will act as a taxpayer. And as long as a person does not have tax obligations, he can live peacefully without a “piece of paper” from the Federal Tax Service.
The law does not talk about the timing and age; the TIN is issued as necessary. The standard age is 14 years old, but the simple fact is that from this moment on citizens can officially receive earned income. If it appears in the future, then it’s time to contact the Federal Tax Service.
The need for a TIN usually arises when a person enters into some kind of tax relationship, for example, gets his first official job. Or, he has his own property, for which he needs to pay taxes.
