How to get a TIN for an individual via the Internet or at the tax office

Every citizen must have documents that confirm his identity. As an indirect document, one can name TIN - taxpayer identification number, since everyone makes certain obligatory payments to the treasury (personally or with the help of the employer). Therefore, every resident of the country at least once, but wonders how to get a TIN.

What is in the document

The certificate of registration with the tax office, which is popularly called the "TIN", is a document that has its own number.

The certificate must include the following elements:

Gender of the citizen;

date of birth information;

date of registration;

The payer number itself in the tax system.

At the bottom of this document, the seal of the tax service that issued the document, as well as the signature of the head of the territorial body of the tax service, must be affixed.

Registration conditions

If we consider the question of how to get a TIN, then it can be noted that the certificate itself is issued only at the request of an individual or legal entity. However, the number itself may already exist in the tax system, and it is assigned automatically when making the first tax payment in life.

At the same time, information about the taxpayer must be sent to the tax office by any state body.

Thus, the certificate itself is issued only at the request (written application) completely free of charge, without any state duty.

As a rule, they are registered at the place of residence (registration) of a citizen in a territorial body. However, if a person does not live where he is registered, then you can also register at the place of actual residence, if you have temporary registration, since it is quite difficult for an individual to obtain a TIN in his native region if he is far from it.

In addition, you can also apply to the tax authority for a certificate if an individual is located in a settlement where registered real estate is registered with him.

What is a code identifier

TIN, if considered as a number, consists of 12 digits for individuals and 10 for legal entities.

Each digit in this code has its own meaning:

The first four are the code of the tax authority;

The next six (if the TIN belongs to an individual) is the payer number in the register that the Federal Tax Service has;

The last two are a special control value, which is calculated by the tax in a special way.

TIN is assigned to a citizen, as an individual, for life. When you change your last name, place of residence, and under other personal circumstances, the number does not change, since you only need to get a TIN once, and a certificate can be issued as many times as needed. The identification number cannot be changed even if the person has started doing business. For this, the IP is assigned its TIN. The number can only be invalidated if the citizen has died.

A code identifier is necessary and useful in that it is unique and identifies a person more accurately than a full name, since this data can be repeated.

Why do you need a TIN

As a document, the TIN certificate is used by both individuals and legal entities, but only in different areas of activity.

Organizations, individual entrepreneurs, private practitioners, all kinds of companies present the document to counterparties or clients as an indicator that the company is properly registered. In addition, how the TIN number code is used in each contract and documents that are submitted to the tax service.

Ordinary citizens do not carry the TIN document with them and do not present it at every opportunity. However, the number itself is necessary when applying for a job, which facilitates the activities of the organization in which the citizen plans to work as a tax agent (when transferring personal income tax).

When an individual submits a 3-NDFL declaration on his own to the tax service, it is not necessary to register a TIN, unlike other data. In this state organization, the determination of the number that identifies a citizen is made on the basis of the data of his passport.

How to find out your number code in the Federal Tax Service

If a person has forgotten his TIN or never knew, but there is a desire to clarify this information, you can refer to the official website of the tax service.

To obtain information about the assigned number, you must fill out a short questionnaire, in which the following points are noted:

Date and place of birth;

Type of identity document (passport, birth certificate, residence permit, etc.);

The series and number of this document, as well as the date of issue;

A verification code indicating that the person requesting the information is not a robot.

The result of the query will appear in 5 seconds in the lower window.

How to find the organization code

Legal entities with a TIN, or their counterparties, can also find out this code on the website of the tax service. In this case, it is necessary to enter the data of the legal entity in the form of an official name, as prescribed in the register.

The number code, which is indicated in the letter, is an analogue of the signature, which is made by the citizen himself.

If there is no such privilege of using public services (extended opportunities compared to the situation when there is no such signature), then the public service answers the question of how to get a TIN in the tax office as follows:

Fill out an application;

Send him;

Get it in person at the tax office.

In addition, it is possible to send a paper application with a certified copy of the passport (or other identity document) by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt.

If there is an electronic signature received, then it is necessary to install a special program "Legal Taxpayer". In this case, using the application, not only the application itself is filled out, but also a request is sent, which must be correctly executed, since it is impossible to obtain a TIN certificate in electronic form without it.

The set of these forms is sent for processing.

Receipt

There are several ways to get a certificate.

If there is no electronic signature

1. Personally at the tax office, with the presentation of an identity document. If there is a representative by a specially issued power of attorney or by law (for example, for children, parents are legal representatives), they can receive a certificate without problems. They take the document at the local tax office, and if the city is large (for example, like our capital), then you need to find out the address of the tax office of the area where the person lives, since you can get a TIN in Moscow only at the place of registration.

2. If the application and request were filled out using the program

In this case, the certificate is received in electronic form by e-mail, in pdf format, where the signature of the head of the body is also electronic.

3. The document can be obtained by regular mail at the place of residence of the applicant or at the contact address indicated in outgoing documents when making requests from the taxpayer.

It should be noted that such opportunities can only be used when the certificate is issued for the first time. In the event that the document is lost or it is necessary to change it, the appeal should only be personal, since it will not work to get the TIN via the Internet (the document itself). But at the same time, you can make an appointment with the tax office on the website of the Federal Tax Service. However, we note that now the reception of citizens is carried out very quickly, so there are practically no queues.

It is also worth noting that when changing the place of residence, the TIN does not need to be changed, and when changing the full name. and other personal data, you can replace the document so that the information is up-to-date, but this is not necessary.

The TIN number can be checked on the website of the Federal Tax Service, even if the person did not apply for a change of certificate. For example, if a woman got married and changed her last name (and passport), she does not need to immediately go to the tax office, since an individual can get a TIN later. A working person may not even worry about changing the identification code, as the latest information will be sent by the employer himself.

When checking the TIN on the site in the above way, new passport data and a new surname are entered, and in the results you can see your “old” and only identification number.

Does the child need a TIN

Children do not need to receive a TIN in advance. However, in order to avoid embarrassing situations in the future when the document or the identification number itself is urgently needed, you can issue it, since it is not difficult to obtain a TIN for a child.

The code is assigned to a minor who has not reached the age of 14, if property is registered in his name, through a representative. In this case, you only need to issue the document itself. The issuance of a certificate in the absence of a TIN is carried out in the same way as in its presence.

TIN on the Internet

As already noted, it is possible to submit an application and request through the global network. Does this procedure apply to children and how to get a TIN for a child via the Internet? For this category of citizens, the certificate is issued by parents and other legal representatives.

If an adult citizen has an electronic signature, then the code is received by regular mail or electronically, but if there is no such signature, only at the inspection. The recipient is the representative (one of the parents, for example), and the taxpayer is the child.

Finally, we list the documents that are necessary for issuing a certificate for minors: a birth certificate, a passport of one of the parents and an extract from the passport office.