Okato - code, at the address, what is it, decryption

The reason for the creation of the updated classifier was the fact of separation from our vast country of some republics that received sovereignty from the government. And as a result of the transformation, a significant number of settlements were revealed that have identical names and, on this basis, the administrative division of the Russian Federation was taken as the basis for the creation of the classifier, starting with more significant objects and ending with secondary ones.

The objects in the OKATO reference book are considered to be all, without exception, the settlements of Russia, including even the smallest settlements. And in order to avoid confusion in the code numbers, the classification system was prudently divided into three corresponding categories.

1. The first category includes all objects of federal significance - large regions of Russia, territories and regions of great strategic importance, cities and autonomous regions with a population of more than 1 million people, autonomous districts that are under the jurisdiction of Russia.
2. The second category, according to the OKATO classification, includes: all autonomous districts, all districts of a republic as part of a settlement higher in level - a territory or region, all cities of republican, regional or regional significance with a population of up to 1 million people, all urban-type settlements and urban districts with a population of 500 thousand people.
3. The third category includes all other less significant settlements: intra-city districts and districts, cities, urban-type settlements, numerous village councils, as well as rural and rural settlements of regional significance and numbering up to 500 thousand people.>

Structure

According to its fairly understandable and logical structure, the OKATO code consists of three blocks and seems to be very convenient for decryption:

• identification of a certain object;
• name (address name) of the object;
• additional data (zip code, street name, house number, etc.).

The first two digits of the classifier code mean a populated object, which is in the republican administration. For example, the Republic of Bashkortostan - 80.

The next three digits are intended to designate a locality, for example, the city of Ufa - 401, then the next three digits speak in favor of a subordinate area, - for example, the Kirovsky district of the city of Ufa - 375, and the last three digits mean the coding of rural settlements, in this case - 000 .

Purpose OKATO

For business payments

Tax inspectors rightly demand not to make even minor mistakes, in particular, in writing OKATO codes when conducting financial and economic calculations. And if an accidental error or typo is found in the payment order, this organization is obliged to immediately provide clarification on the details of OKATO to the supervising tax inspector.

Since until the moment of clarification, the paying organization will have an arrears (debt) and additional penalties will be charged.

In view of the fact that the classifiers are pre-embedded by programmers into the relevant accounting programs and are automatically self-substituted in certain columns of document forms, accountants, as well as individual entrepreneurs, should carefully monitor the timeliness of updating the necessary instructions.

But what if a mistake or an accidental typo was not detected in a timely manner and the payment went to the wrong destination? Then the responsibility for making an incorrect payment lies entirely with the management of the organization that allowed the incorrect execution of the payment document.

But an error or typographical error unforeseen in payment documents is by no means equated to deliberate concealment of income, or to the submission of false information. And therefore does not entail the imposition of an administrative penalty on the management of the organization.

To pay traffic fines

The endless fines of the traffic police do not please anyone, but if, in addition to everything, the fines make a mistake in the payment details (KBK or OKATO), then you should not waste time contacting the financial and economic department of the traffic police with a request to correct the mistake.

When indicating the OKATO code, it must be clarified without fail, if only because an outdated document form may be on hand. This often happens in the traffic police apparatus, and it is better to play it safe once again, but be sure that everything is done correctly.

If, on the contrary, by mistake the fine was paid twice (this happens in driving practice)? Then, in order to return the money spent unnecessarily, you should contact the organization whose OKATO code is directly indicated on the receipt, having an identity card (driver's license or passport) and a payment receipt with you.

When filling out tax and other accounting documents

Tax inspectorates strongly recommend that in statistical reports, in payment orders for the transfer of taxes (VAT, profit, etc.) the same OKATO codes as in the declarations be indicated. After all, leading inspectors not only process the personal accounts of attached organizations, but also, as far as possible, track the amounts of accrued and paid taxes both for the CCC and OKATO.

And if the codes in the declarations and payment orders do not match, confusion begins in the general documentation.

And in order to avoid such unpleasant incidents, it is enough just to correctly and carefully draw up the necessary documents.

The OKATO code is assigned not only to legal entities and individuals, it is also mandatory for individual entrepreneurs. Since each taxpayer is registered at some unique address, which is reflected in the OKATO code. In addition, when registering an individual entrepreneur, the statistics department, through the sent information letter, informs the individual entrepreneur about the assignment to him of all statistical codes, including the OKATO code.

OKATO code in details: what can you find out?

Having the classifier code in hand, knowledgeable people can easily determine:

• regionality of the object, that is, the territory of the location of this object;
• the name of the respective city;
• an area within a city;
• code of the tax office to which this object is attached.

How to determine?

Ways

It often happens that a person has planned to sell an apartment (a plot, a summer house, a private house), but the registration chamber does not accept an application due to an unfilled column in OKATO. And then the feverish search begins - where can I find my classifier code?

And just for this, there are several ways to easily find what you need:

1. The simplest way is to call the tax office at the place of residence. If the telephone number of the tax service is currently unknown, you can successfully find it out by dialing the number 09 of the city information desk.
2. For a specific purpose, there is a specially designed directory, looking into which, you can easily find out how many digits are contained in the desired OKATO code.

Official sources

In addition, you can easily resolve the issue and find the right OKATO at the address using the built-in service on the website of the Federal Tax Service (FTS RF) by entering the name of your locality in the dialog box.

In response, two digits will instantly appear - the code of the territory. And if you continue to enter requests further, you can get comprehensive information (OKATO code, code of your tax office, and the corresponding numbers of the new OKTMO directory).

Online

Having a computer and an Internet connection at home, it will not be difficult to turn to the help of the classifier of addresses of the Russian Federation - KLADR, which, in addition to addresses and the place of birth of objects of interest, additionally contains a detailed directory of OKATO codes.

And yet, in terms of searching for the code, OKATO offers its services a very convenient and easy-to-use online program "Legal Taxpayer", the last update of which took place no later than in 2014.

This useful program is easy to find on the site of the federal tax service and, in addition, an equally useful program for preparing personal income tax reports is presented on the same site as an addition.

By the way, in large cities in the buildings where tax inspections are located, there are specialized terminals. They are equipped for the convenience of the end user, and it will not be difficult for advanced users to find out for themselves all the necessary data through the terminal window, including the OKATO classifier code, tax code numbers and their own TIN.

In Russia, on December 14, 2005, the government approved a new classifying instrument OKTMO instead of OKATO. Since the classification system, due to the complexity of processing incoming information, must be constantly changed and refined in the same way as settlement bank accounts, encrypted bank codes and other identifiers. Progress is moving forward!

Since January of the current 2014, the developed and supplemented version of the OKTMO classifier has been officially approved and put into operation.

And for the attention of taxpayers, as well as all other interested parties, announcements were posted on the stands of tax inspections that OKATO codes will be canceled in the near future. Information about whether the obsolete ciphers have been canceled or not, and exactly when this happens, can also be found out through the district tax services.