Check the counterparty for the federal tax inn. How to check if an organization exists by TIN? Who has the right to request information

It happens that you need to get specific information about a particular company or organization, as well as about the scope of its activities. Usually the TIN helps to obtain the necessary information about the organization. How to do it quickly without much effort? Is the Internet required to achieve this goal? So, let's discuss everything in order.

TIN- this is an individual taxpayer number, which is issued by the tax service when a citizen becomes able-bodied. The purpose of issuing such numbers to taxpayers is to identify all citizens when tracking the payment of taxes. The TIN certificate serves as an official document containing the basic personal information of a citizen.

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Features of assigning a TIN by the tax service

• TIN individual entrepreneur assigned at the time of registration by an individual of his entrepreneurial activity in the event that this citizen does not yet have a TIN. For individual this code is a set of twelve digits. The first four digits indicate the place where the code was issued. The next six digits are the tax account number. The remaining two are control or verification figures, which are used for the convenience of processing taxpayers' data. If a person refuses to assign a TIN, then the tax service will use the personal data themselves.
• TIN, which is issued to legal entities, consists of ten digits. The first four digits of the code also indicate the place of registration. This is followed by five digits or the legal entity's tax record number in the OGRN section (primary state registration number). The last digit is a control and with its help you can clarify the correctness of the entry. Legal entities cannot refuse to assign a TIN, as this will complicate tax reporting.

How to check an organization by TIN without the help of the Internet?

Despite the fact that the tax service owns this data, without the help of the Internet it is problematic to obtain comprehensive information about the organization by its TIN. Therefore, it is much easier to get this information using the global network. In order to check the organization, you need to contact tax service. To do this, a written request is made, which contains a request for an extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (Unified State Register legal entities) about a specific organization. It is well known that this information is available, in addition, a response can be received within six business days.

How to check an organization online?

To verify the authenticity of the organization, the reliability of the company with which you are going to cooperate, three main methods of verification are used. Organization name check. The simplest solution- Enter the name of the organization in the search engine. It is on the Internet that most companies try to light up, so it will not be difficult to get the information you are interested in. On the site you can see the address of the company, its TIN and other details.
Website of the tax service. Help with name existing organization get real information about her.
Full information about organizations and legal entities:

To check the license number of a company, the following services are often used:

• (licenses of organizations that hire workers to work abroad);
• – checking the license of travel agencies;
• – checking the license of tourist operators;
• - also helps to check the company by name.

It would be useful to clarify information about the legal entity in the authorities that issued this license. That is, in other words, check the company by TIN. Since any organization in the process of opening must be registered with tax authorities, then the TIN issued by the tax office is used to verify it.
Here are some of the sites to help:

• (here you need to fill in the empty fields with those data about the company that are known);

Application of verification according to PSRN (main state registration number). This numerical code consists of thirteen digits, each of which has its own meaning. With the help of a global network for a specific OGRN, you can check almost any organization.

• (website of the federal tax service);
• ru (the company verification service is available only to subscribers).

The above sites help not only to check the existence of the company, but also to learn some useful details about it. For example, you can get information about:

• about who is in charge in the organization you need;
• the date of its foundation;
• about the founders;
• about its location;
• on the number of branches;
• data on physical and legal addresses;
• you can find out if the address of the organization has changed;
• information about the change in the owner of the company;
• whether the firm has tax debts and other financial obligations.

Such information will help form an objective opinion about a particular company, open or close trust in it, and also make it possible to draw conclusions about the prospects for cooperation with this organization.

Checking on the website of the Federal Tax Service is carried out as follows:

1. open the site;
2. select on the right side Electronic Services»;
3. select the subsection “Business risks: check yourself and the counterparty”;
4. then select, or mark in the search criteria that this is a legal entity;
5. indicate what to search for: by TIN and OGRN or by the name of the organization (legal entity) and enter the relevant information;
6. enter captcha;
7. press the "Find" button, after which detailed information about the company you need will be displayed.

How to check a company for free

You can get detailed information about the organization you are interested in by following the link, which is the Unified State Register of Legal Entities database. On this site you can learn a lot about the activities of the company, if you plan to cooperate with it, or if you have other prerequisites for checking a particular company. In other words, this service helps to check the reliability of the so-called counterparty. On the site, in the blank fields, you must enter the name of the company itself, its TIN and / or OGRN and carry out a check.

All of the sites and services listed above, including the site of the federal tax service, make it possible to obtain data about a particular company for free. It is also worth considering that no one can hide detailed information about their company or its division, all this is available to Internet users, and the legislation of the Russian Federation does not restrict access to this kind of information.

What information about the organization can be found by TIN?

• Full name and form of organizational structure (for example, JSC or LLC);
• Data on the registration of the legal address of the company;
• TIN and OGRN;
• Date of registration;
• In the case of searching for an organization by TIN after the termination of its activities, as well as the date of completion of work.
• Detailed information as a brief extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities is available for download (data on the founders, on the payment of taxes, on accounts, on the heads of the organization and other subtleties)

Checking the activities and tax debts of the organization by TIN

Finding out about the debt on the website of the Federal Tax Service by TIN for legal entities is as simple as for individuals. The search is made in the “Electronic Services” item, namely in the “Business Risks: Check Yourself and the Counterparty” section. Next, you need to indicate that we are looking for a legal entity, and enter the name of the organization or its TIN, as described above. So you can get information about the debt of the organization to pay taxes.

In some cases, you will need to come to the tax office and check, because sometimes your own tax data may differ from those that the Federal Tax Service has. It is also worth considering that, although federal data is designated as the highest priority, taxes are still paid to the local tax office. Most often, when reconciling, it turns out that the debt arose not from the company itself, but from one of its branches. If you print a summary from online, you can figure it out and understand that we are talking about a legal entity and a tax inspector.

So, it is necessary to issue a power of attorney for the general director or chief accountant in order for the tax service to accept the application. Then you need to understand what exactly is needed: a reconciliation act or an extract from a personal account.

• Provide (send) to the head of the tax service a letter written on letterhead or with a seal, which will contain a request to prepare a reconciliation act by a certain time, or write the terms for its preparation along with your contact details. This letter must be signed by the CEO or chief accountant. Let it be an urgent letter that is given to the secretary immediately, without observing any formalities.
• The letter should indicate the form of the answer, that is, in writing or by phone. It is known that over the phone it happens faster. But, if you need a document, or if time is not running out, of course it is better to demand a written answer.
• After the expiration of the prescribed period, it is necessary to appear at the tax office yourself, or send a trusted person to obtain the desired reconciliation act.

This is how you can get information about tax debts.

So, when it becomes necessary to obtain accurate and reliable information about a particular organization or firm, about the payment of taxes by it, about its founders, legal address and other details, then the easiest way to do this is to use the website of the Federal Tax Service, which allows you to check and clarify data about any organization for free. It is worth carefully evaluating information about counterparties. There are also online services which make this task easier. Well, in some cases, you still can’t do without an independent visit to the tax office and without reconciliation of data on tax payments. It's good that the Internet makes such tasks much easier and faster.

Faced with an unusual situation? In our article we will tell you how to check the organization. This knowledge will not be superfluous, since sometimes it can help: find out the authenticity of the company, check the reliability of the partner. So, according to what data you can check the organization:

1. By her name.
2. According to the assigned TIN.
3. According to the main state registration number (OGRN).

Let's consider each item in more detail.

Checking by name

You can check the organization by name on the Internet. To do this, it is enough just to score it in a search engine, rarely which company does not try to light up there. Further, from the site you can find out the address of the company, its TIN and other data that will be useful for searching. It will also not be superfluous to check on http://www.nalog.ru/ - the website of the tax authorities, enter the name of the organization and if one exists, the computer will show it. You can go to: spark.interfax.ru/Front/index.aspx and get information there. To check the license number of this organization, you must go to the following links:

• Licenses of firms hiring people to work abroad - services.fms.gov.ru/info-service.htm?sid=2001
• Travel agency licenses - firms.turizm.ru
• Tour operators - register.russiatourism.ru
• www.gosuslugi.ru - type the name of the organization in the search engine.

But, it should be borne in mind that checking a license does not give 100%, you should also contact, for clarification, the authorities that issued it.

We check by TIN

You can also check the organization by TIN on a computer. What is the TIN of the organization - is it an identification number taxpayer, that is, any organization must register with the tax office upon opening. To search for our company, you need to go to the site http://www.valaam-info.ru/fns, fill in the empty fields with the data we know and search. Or http://www.k-agent.ru/?mod=egpl Please note: the TIN of the organization consists of 10 digits, the individual entrepreneur - 12.

We check according to PSRN

OGRN - the number of the record of information about the legal entity. person in the main state register. It consists of 13 numbers, which have their own special meaning. You can check the OGRN of an organization on the Internet, on the website of the federal tax office - egrul.nalog.ru. For the same purposes, you can go to http://www.skrin.ru/, but this service is available only for subscribers. You can also contact the tax office, send a written request with a request to give an extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities about this organization. This information is not confidential, the answer usually comes within 6 business days.

On these sites, you can not only check the presence of an organization, but also learn other useful information: when it was founded, who is in charge, where it is located, the address of the company changed or not, whether there are tax debts, the owner changed or not. Sometimes these data are enough to form an initial opinion about the activities of an organization. And be careful, do not be lazy to check the information once again.

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And why does it matter

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And if you accept VAT deductible, the tax authorities can arrange the torn years for you just because the counterparty seems to her somehow unreliable.

Therefore, counterparties must be checked. Here's how to do it.

I’ll make a reservation right away: there are 16 ways to check a counterparty for different databases, sites and services, and if you use all of them, it will be worth the time. On the other hand, a counterparty that has passed all 16 steps is gold. If you started the check, and the first five stages turned out to be a failure, you can immediately refuse this counterparty - it is unlikely that you will find something good further.

How to check a counterparty: step by step

1. Request copies of the main documents from a potential counterparty.
2. Obtain an up-to-date extract from Rosreestr.
3. Check if the counterparty has a mass address.
4. Check if the director is disqualified.
5. Specify what kind of business the counterparty is running: small or medium. This will show the level of turnover of the company and the number of employees in the organization.
6. Check if the counterparty is bankrupt.
7. Check if the counterparty is excluded from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.
8. Search for a counterparty in the database bailiffs.
9. Check the counterparty in the file of arbitration cases.
10. Examine the financial statements of the counterparty. This will show if he has a profitable business.
11. Check the passport of the head or individual entrepreneur for validity.
12. If on the part of the counterparty the contract is going to be signed by a person with a notarized power of attorney, clarify whether its term has expired.
13. If your counterparty must have a license to operate, check its validity.
14. See if the director is a nominee.
15. Check if the counterparty is making changes to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.
16. Check if the counterparty is included in the register of unscrupulous suppliers.

Why check counterparties

Unscrupulous companies are very good at pretending to be trustworthy. You can not trust either abundant advertising on the Internet, or generous discounts, or expensive suits. That's why check counterparties according to documents.

Calculate those who will not fulfill their obligations. My clients often talk about dishonesty of partners. The beauty salon was poorly renovated and disappeared - the losses amounted to a third of the original repair amount. The customer did not pay the builders for the work performed for three years - it was necessary to sue, but the customer went bankrupt.

It often happens that the buyer accepts the goods and does not pay. Or vice versa: the supplier receives an advance payment and does not ship the goods. The check will help decide whether it is worth cooperating with the counterparty, or there is a risk that he will not fulfill his obligations.

Do not work with ephemera. The counterparty may turn out to be a one-day firm that was created a week ago specifically to take advances from customers and disappear. In this case, you will only lose money, but this is also unpleasant.

It may turn out that the company does not exist at all. There is a website, there is a name and an account for transferring money, but there is no legal entity, and deceivers are hiding behind the website.

Calculate the scammers. Your counterparty may be committing financial crimes, such as cashing out or taking illegal loans. In this case, law enforcement agencies will check not only the counterparty, but also you as his partner.

Avoid dealing with bankruptcy. You can contact a firm that is in bankruptcy. If you transfer money to such a firm, you will not see it soon, if at all.

Any transaction with a bankrupt, including yours, may be challenged in court by creditors. To get the money back, you need to be included in the register of creditors and wait for the end of the bankruptcy procedure, which can take several years.

Do not have problems with the tax. If the tax authority considers that you have not sufficiently checked the integrity of a potential counterparty, you may be denied a tax benefit. That is, you will not be able to pay less taxes - get tax deduction or apply a reduced tax rate.

A case from one's life. After tax audit one company received additional income tax and VAT in the amount of 10 million rubles. The fine and penalties went up another 4 million.

The reason for this was one supply contract. The tax office said that the firm did not show due diligence at the conclusion of the contract: the counterparty could not conduct real economic activity, did not pay taxes and generally existed only on paper.

We went to court, but he sided with the inspection. It turned out that the counterparty was generally excluded from the register of legal entities.

During the audit, the tax authorities found out that the passport of the person who signed the contract on behalf of the counterparty does not exist, and the signatures are fake. Then the police joined this case - the real fun began. The police were looking for undelivered goods, CEO and raised the dishonest counterparty to the ears of all partners, including our unfortunate company, which in the end had to pay taxes and pay a fine.

Enforcement proceedings begin after winning cases in court. This suggests that a potential partner not only sues and loses, but also continues not to pay the bills.

On the same resource, you can also see tax arrears, they are also collected through bailiffs.

Check the counterparty in the file of arbitration cases

If there is no power of attorney on the site or it is revoked, the contract cannot be signed - such a transaction may be invalidated. First you need to contact the head of the counterparty, obtain evidence of the approval of the transaction and request a new power of attorney.

Check license validity

If your counterparty must have a license to carry out activities, it is better to check its validity - you never know. Without a license, he simply does not have the right to conclude transactions.

The presence of a license can be viewed in an extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities on the tax website, and its validity can be checked by address.

For example, you can check the license for the sale of alcohol in the register of licenses of the Federal Service for Regulation of the Alcohol Market, and on educational activities- in the register of licenses of the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science.

Inclusion in the register of unscrupulous suppliers does not immediately characterize the organization as unreliable. But along with other verification methods, it will create an overall picture of the counterparty.

Rules so as not to get confused and not forget anything

On August 1, the tax authorities published in the public domain more information about companies. But this information, therefore, I have prepared Counterparty Verification Regulations, which can be printed and applied to transactions. This way you will show the tax or court that you have checked the partner in as much detail as possible.

Another regulation will help to decide whether it makes sense to work with a potential counterparty.

I recommend considering all verification steps as a whole. If a potential counterparty did not pass the test in one or two steps, you can clarify the reasons with him and then make a decision to conclude an agreement. If you see that the counterparty has not passed the test for most of the steps, it's not worth the risk - look for a more reliable partner.

You need to check the LLC - the counterparty in order to avoid additional taxes. You can do this via the Internet - there are several services. The article contains everything for verification, incl. free online forms.

To date, there is only one online service for checking a company - a counterparty, which provides access to all information about its activities and generates a complete dossier on the company. This is the service "Glavbukh: verification of counterparties". Try for free

Check counterparty online

Why is it important to check the counterparty company

If your counterparty violates tax laws and regulations, this fact alone will not lead to a denial of a VAT deduction or withdrawal of expenses. Tax risks arise when there is a set of circumstances indicating that the counterparty firm is behaving in bad faith, and a detailed and thorough audit of the firm has not been carried out. In this case, additional taxation becomes a reality.

To minimize tax risks, it is necessary to check the counterparty company via the Internet and collect information about its actual activities.

For what questions to check the company via the Internet

In order for the verification of the company to be recognized as exhaustively complete, when accessing online services, it is necessary to collect not only information about the counterparty itself, but also information about:

• the subject of the transaction;
• counterparty registrations;
• his financial situation;
• its management and owners.

In other services you can get Additional information about a partner. For a list of information and online services where the necessary data is available, see Table 1.

When accessing the listed online services, in order to subsequently confirm that the company was checked, we recommend that you always take a screenshot from the screen, which shows the results of the checks issued by the services.

Checking a legal entity by TIN on the website of the Federal Tax Service

The following service allows you to check a company in terms of whether it is registered as a taxpayer:

Using the service is easy, just follow the following algorithm.

Step 1. Select a search category - a legal entity or an entrepreneur / peasant farm.

Step 2 Enter:

• or the name of the company, TIN or OGRN;
• or full name of the entrepreneur/head farming, region, OGRNIP or TIN.

Step 3

Step 4 Click the "Find" button.

How to understand the result of an online check and in what cases tax risk see Table 2.

Table 2. Checking a legal entity by TIN

Check the company for financial stability

Acquainted with financial statements to check a legal entity, allows the following free Rosstat service:

To get the annual accounting of the counterparty, follow the following algorithm.

Step 1. Specify the period for which you want to receive reports, starting from 2012.

Step 2 Enter the TIN of the legal entity.

Step 3 Select the response format (display, generate a Word file or an Excel file).

Step 4 Enter the verification characters from the picture.

Checking the company for tax debt

Check free company in terms of outstanding tax debts allows the following service:

To get the information you need, follow a simple algorithm.

Step 1. Enter the verification characters from the picture.

Step 2 Enter the TIN of the legal entity or entrepreneur.

Step 3 Click the "Search" button.

If the counterparty is found, then either he has tax debts, or he has not submitted reports for more than a year. That is, there is a real risk of insolvency of the counterparty.

Checking a company for bankruptcy

To find out if a bankruptcy procedure is being conducted against a counterparty, you can use the “advanced search” function for free in a single federal database:

The algorithm of actions is simple.

Step 1. In the "Search for debtors" menu, select the "advanced search" option.

Step 2 Fill in the fields "Name", "Address", "Region", "Category" and "Code". In the "Code" field, you can enter OKPO, TIN or OGRN.

Step 3 Press the "Search" button.

How to check a legal entity in relation to its head and owners

The free service of the Federal Tax Service will help to remove the risk of "mass" director of the counterparty or its founders:

You can check the leader in four steps.

Step 1. Select a search category - head or founder (participant).

Step 2 Enter the TIN and full name of the individual being checked.

Step 3 Enter the verification characters from the picture.

Step 4 Click the "Find" button.

The service will show whether the person being checked is a director or owner of several companies.

How to check LLC according to open data

From August 1, 2018, a new free service of the Federal Tax Service "Transparent Business" has been operating, designed to check a company or entrepreneur. The amount of information provided will increase over time. Read about it in table 3.

Table 3 How to check a legal entity

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As a rule, the need to learn about the liquidation of an LLC arises mainly from partners or creditors of the company. This is due to the large number of fraudulent transactions carried out after the closure of the organization, which the other party to the contract may not be aware of. But there are cases when the enterprise itself needs to know its actual status. How do you find out if your LLC is closed?

If the liquidation of the company took place, then, after going through all the necessary procedures, paying a state duty in the amount of 800 rubles and submitting an application in the form P16001 to tax office, you should have received the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and a certificate of deregistration in the same place, after 6 working days. This can be done independently or by proxy.

There are other ways to find out if an LLC has been liquidated:

1. Through the official website of the Federal Tax Service for the TIN of the enterprise. There you will find information about liquidation.
2. Through an extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. To do this, a request is submitted to any IFTS, a state duty in the amount of 200 rubles or 400 rubles for urgency is paid (clause 1 of Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 462). In normal mode, you can receive an extract in 5 days, in urgent mode - the next day.
3. Through the official portal of the Supreme Arbitration Court by TIN, company name or its OGRN - in the event that the LLC participates in the bankruptcy case as a debtor.
4. Through the official website of the magazine "Bulletin state registration» also according to the TIN or OGRN of the company. This method is more suitable for those who are the creditor of your LLC and want to know if your company has begun the process of liquidation or is it at the stage of bankruptcy. In the magazine, according to paragraph 1 of Art. 63 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, information is posted about the closure process that has begun, but at the same time its outcome is not mentioned - for this you should use other proposed sources of information.

Can I challenge the liquidation of an LLC?

Finding out about the liquidation of an LLC these days is quite simple and even, in some cases, free of charge. A record of this is contained in the state register of legal entities. You can voluntarily cancel the closure of your company only until the information is entered into the Unified State Register of Legal Entities by submitting an application certified by a notary in the form P15001 marked in section 2.4. and minutes of the relevant meeting.

The fact of liquidation of the company is entered in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, which is the main source of information about all companies in the country. Determining whether an LLC is closed is not difficult - this can be done via the Internet or the authority that registers the data. Not only its owners, but also any interested persons can take advantage of the opportunity to check the status of an enterprise.