Certificate of state registration of an individual as an individual entrepreneur. Obtaining and replacing a certificate of registration of individual entrepreneurs

In the Russian Federation get individual entrepreneur registration certificate Almost any citizen can, even a foreigner. There are several restrictions. They are listed in the main regulatory act - the Federal Law “On State Registration of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs” dated 08.08.2001 No. 129-FZ (clause 4 of Article 22.1).

Registration refusals are not uncommon. The reasons are different, but they are all removable, with the exception of the cases described below. In the article you will also find a sample application and all the necessary information about the procedure for obtaining it. Follow our instructions to start doing business without problems and costly mistakes!

Attention, you will not be able to obtain an IP Certificate in the following cases:

State registration as an individual entrepreneur is not allowed if the individual is already an individual entrepreneur. This happens if for some reason the citizen did not close (liquidate) the old individual entrepreneur, but decided to “open” again.
You cannot open an individual entrepreneur within a year after a citizen is declared bankrupt.
An individual entrepreneur certificate will not be issued if, by a court verdict, a citizen is prohibited from engaging in entrepreneurial activity. In this case, it is impossible to become an entrepreneur for the entire period specified in the sentence.
Some activities cannot be carried out by persons with a criminal record. This is an activity related to working with minors. The ban applies to persons convicted of serious and especially serious crimes.
A citizen must not be in military or government service. Combination is not permitted.

What does the Certificate of State Registration of Individual Entrepreneurs look like?

An example of a certificate of state registration of an individual as an individual entrepreneur in the form P61001

Documents for opening an individual entrepreneur:

Copy of the passport;
(800 rub.);

For special cases:

If a foreigner receives a certificate of state registration of an individual entrepreneur, then it is necessary to provide a copy of an identity document and a copy of a document confirming the right to reside in the territory of the Russian Federation. A copy of the foreign passport must be translated into Russian and notarized.
For minor citizens, becoming an entrepreneur will be possible with the consent of parents or guardianship authorities, or by a court decision recognizing them as fully capable, or with a marriage certificate.
If the identity document does not contain information about the date and place of birth, then a copy of the birth certificate will be additionally required.
For individual entrepreneurs to work with minors, upon an interdepartmental request, the registration authority receives a certificate of the citizen’s criminal record.
If a citizen submits documents not personally, but through a representative, then a notarized power of attorney will be required for the representative’s right to submit/receive documents to/from the Federal Tax Service.

Where to submit documents?

Documents are submitted to the tax office at the place of residence. It is imperative to clarify the tax office number and address (for example, through the service of the Federal Tax Service website). In most populated areas, this function is performed by the territorial inspectorate serving the area. But in Moscow, for example, registration of all individual entrepreneurs and LLCs is carried out by one, separately allocated for these purposes, Federal Tax Service No. 46. A certificate of state registration of an individual entrepreneur must be issued in the same place where the documents were submitted. Duration: 3 working days.

It is also possible to submit documents through multifunctional centers (MFC). They are available in many cities and, indeed, save citizens a lot of time. It is better to find out about the availability of such a service in advance at your specific MFC.

What errors prevent you from obtaining a certificate of registration of individual entrepreneurs?

1. The reason for most failures is errors in . This official document of several pages, in which you need to provide information about yourself and your future business, is not as simple as it seems. There is a whole set of requirements for filling out an application. It is not realistic for an unprepared person to meet all the requirements on his own.

You can make a mistake and reject the document by only incorrectly abbreviating the address object or incorrectly moving a word to a new line. Size, font type, rules for filling in spaces, alignment, OKVED codes - everything is taken into account by the computer and mercilessly thrown into the trash when deviating from the standard. If earlier it was possible to come to an agreement with the inspector who checked the documents and quickly correct the mistake, then today - alas... you cannot agree with the car.

What should I do? There are two options:

Contact professional registrars;
Fill out an application in the online service on the Internet.

Registrar services, of course, are not free, plus you will need to contact a notary. The easiest and safest way is to find a free service online for registering an individual entrepreneur, fill out the form online and save it to your computer. All that remains is to print out two copies and go to the tax office. Our personal experience is described in the article.

2. When visiting the tax office in person, do not sign the application in advance. This must be done in the presence of an inspector. Only an application sent by mail or through an authorized representative is signed in advance and notarized.

3. Carefully check the details specified in the receipt for payment of the state duty. They must correspond to the details of the tax office to which you are submitting documents. If the money went to another Federal Tax Service, they will not return it to you or transfer it to the correct addressee. Registration will be refused, and the procedure will have to be completed again. The most convenient way to generate a receipt is in the Federal Tax Service online service https://service.nalog.ru/gp2.do. This way you will insure yourself against errors with the details.

4. When choosing OKVED codes, do not indicate the types of activities that individual entrepreneurs are prohibited from engaging in. For example, tour operator activities or the production of alcoholic beverages. By the way, from July 1, 2017, the sale of beer for individual entrepreneurs will also most likely be “closed”; the corresponding project has already been developed and is awaiting consideration in the State Duma. An individual entrepreneur certificate will not be issued in such cases.

5. The simplified taxation system (STS) is chosen by many individual entrepreneurs. If it is also suitable for you, then it is more profitable to submit a notification about the transition to the simplified tax system along with the registration documents. Then you will not have to contact the tax office again within a month after registration.

What should you receive after successful registration?

If the procedure was successful, then from the Federal Tax Service you will receive:

Certificate of state registration of individual entrepreneurs; updated: November 30, 2018 by: Everything for individual entrepreneurs

Due to legislative changes, from 01/01/17 an individual who registers as an individual entrepreneur does not need to obtain a registration certificate. In this article we will talk about obtaining a certificate of registration of individual entrepreneurs, and consider the new registration procedure.

Registering an individual entrepreneur: procedure

Instructions and documents for registration

To obtain individual entrepreneur registration documents, you will need to contact the Federal Tax Service at your place of residence. Complete registration instructions are provided below.

Step 1. Preparation of documents for submission to the Federal Tax Service. In order to register an individual entrepreneur, you will need to prepare a small package of documents:

Identification. If an individual entrepreneur is registered by a citizen of the Russian Federation, then such a document is a passport. Non-citizens of the Russian Federation and stateless persons must submit to the Federal Tax Service a copy of the residence permit and a translation of a foreign passport, certified by a notary.
A document confirming payment of the state duty. An individual registering an individual entrepreneur is obliged to pay a fee to the budget in the amount of: Payment can be made in several ways:

make an electronic payment through the online service of the Federal Tax Service;
generate a receipt through the Federal Tax Service website and pay the amount through the bank;
fill out the receipt manually and pay it at the nearest bank branch.

Regardless of the chosen payment method, to apply for registration you will need a payment document confirming payment (receipt, payment order, bank statement, etc.).

Application for registration of individual entrepreneur f. No. Р21001. The main document required to obtain individual entrepreneur registration documents is an application in form P21001. When filling out the document, you must indicate complete information about the applicant, namely:

citizenship;
address of registration and actual residence;
passport data;
contact number.

Once completed, the document must be certified by the personal signature of the applicant. If an individual entrepreneur plans to use special modes, then along with the registration documents, the entrepreneur should submit a notification about the use of the simplified tax system or UTII (or both notifications in the case of combining modes). Let us note that an entrepreneur has the right to apply special regimes only if his activities meet the necessary requirements (restrictions on income level, number of employees, residual value of fixed assets, for “imposed” - restrictions on types of activities).

Step 2. Submitting the application to the Federal Tax Service. To register an individual entrepreneur, you can submit documents in the most convenient way for you:

personally submit the papers to the Federal Tax Service at your place of residence;
send documents by mail with notification and a list of attachments;
fill out an electronic application on the website of the Federal Tax Service or State Services.

You can also transfer documents through a representative, having previously issued a notarized power of attorney. Having received the application f. P21001, the representative of the Federal Tax Service signs and indicates the date of acceptance of documents for registration.

Step 3. Obtaining individual entrepreneur registration documents. The Federal Tax Service authorities are given 3 working days to process documents and register individual entrepreneurs. The date of receipt of registration documents should be counted from the moment the application is accepted (+ 3 business days from the date indicated by the Federal Tax Service employee in the “Documents accepted” column). After the established period, you should contact the fiscal service to receive a Unified State Register of Entry and Entry (USRIP) entry sheet (form P60009). This document confirms your registration as an individual entrepreneur from the specified date.

What to do after receiving registration documents

After registration documents have been received, to conduct the activities of an individual entrepreneur, you should:

submit documents to the Federal Tax Service to select a taxation regime (STS, ENDV, PSN). If the application for the use of the special regime is not completed, the activities of the individual entrepreneur will be subject to taxes according to OSNO;
apply to the Federal Tax Service to register as a payer of insurance premiums and to the Federal Tax Service - as an employer (relevant for individual entrepreneurs with employees);
obtain a license (for individual entrepreneurs conducting licensed activities).

Features of making changes to the individual entrepreneur registration sheet

An entrepreneur may need to correct information in registration documents in the following cases:

change of address (place of registration and/or residence);
change of citizenship;
making changes to types of activities (change of the main type of activity, change of additional types).

Changes should be reflected in the individual entrepreneur data reflected in the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs. To do this, the entrepreneur should contact the local Federal Tax Service with documents certifying the fact of the changes (data on the new registration, documents confirming citizenship, etc.).

Within 5 working days from the date of receipt of documents certifying the changes, the Federal Tax Service makes appropriate adjustments to the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs. After this period, the entrepreneur has the right to contact the Federal Tax Service to obtain an up-to-date form f. P60009.

How to restore individual entrepreneur registration documents

Before the legislative changes came into force, if the individual entrepreneur’s registration certificate was lost, the entrepreneur had to pay a state fee and then contact the Federal Tax Service for a duplicate certificate. From 01.01.17, registration of individual entrepreneur certificates is not carried out, nor is the issuance of their duplicates. At the moment, if a certificate is lost, a citizen should contact the Federal Tax Service with a passport and an application. Within 7 working days after the application, the applicant will be issued a sheet in form p60009, indicating current information about the entrepreneur with the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs.

How to check the number of the individual entrepreneur registration certificate

Please note that individual entrepreneur registration certificates issued before 01/01/17 are considered valid. An entrepreneur does not need to additionally contact the Federal Tax Service to complete full registration and receive a form f. P60009.

In order to clarify the number of a valid individual entrepreneur certificate, you will need to use the official Internet resource on the Federal Tax Service website. The registration certificate number can be obtained if you have the entrepreneur’s TIN. If you only know the full name of the individual entrepreneur (without TIN), then you cannot check the certificate number through the Federal Tax Service website.

In the recent past, Individual Entrepreneur Registration Certificates have been cancelled. Now many citizens do not understand why, upon registration, they are not given an official document confirming the conduct of business activities. Let's look at the details of the changes.

Why was the Individual Entrepreneur Certificate cancelled, and what document is being issued instead?

The certificate of registration of individual entrepreneurs was canceled by order of the Federal Tax Service No. ММВ - 7–14/481 dated 09/12/16, which came into force on 01/01/17. In accordance with this document, a new form was approved and the content of the document on making an entry in the individual entrepreneurs register was regulated . The text of the order can be found on the tax website, as well as on the online legal information portal.

These changes were required to improve the quality of service and simplify the procedure for interaction between citizens and organizations with the tax service. It is this reason that is indicated in the order as the basis for its approval. The result of the changes was a reduction in registration time from five to three working days.

Expert opinion

Maria Bogdanova

The measures taken to replace papers will help save money from the budget spent on the hologram and the security form on which the individual entrepreneur certificate was previously issued. However, the main goal of replacing the certificate is to improve the electronic interaction between the Federal Tax Service and citizens within the state. registration of individual entrepreneurs, legal entities and farms. In other words, the fewer documents you need to issue after registration, the faster the process itself will happen.

The certificates were replaced by the USRIP Record Sheet. This document confirms the fact of making an entry in the Unified State Register, i.e. it is an official document that confirms that the individual entrepreneur is registered and the corresponding entry is made in the register.

Important! Please note that Certificates issued before 01/01/17 remain valid and can be used as the main document confirming registration. However, if it is necessary to enter information about new services, a change of place of residence or other data of the entrepreneur, as well as if it is necessary to restore a document after loss, a Unified State Register of Entrepreneurs will be issued.

What information is reflected in the USRIP Record Sheet?

The USRIP record sheet does not apply to strict reporting documents. It is issued on regular A4 paper and does not contain a holographic sticker, series or number. According to the current legislation, the basis for the activity of an entrepreneur is OGRNIP, and not the Record Sheet, therefore it is issued on a simple sheet without additional protection. However, this document has an approved form No. 60009, which is Appendix No. 2 to the Order of the Federal Tax Service.

The USRIP record sheet does not apply to strict reporting documents

The USRIP Record Sheet reflects the following information:

unique number - OGRNIP;
information about what entry was made in the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs;
name of the department of the Federal Tax Service;
Full name of the authorized person indicating the position held, as well as his signature;
seal of the registration authority.

The absence of one of the above information makes the document invalid. You can download a sample EGRIP Record Sheet.

Receiving a Record Sheet

The process of registering or making changes to data and/or information about an individual entrepreneur is carried out in two stages. The first is the preparation of a package of documents. The second is submitting documents to the tax office at the citizen’s place of registration.

Package of documents

Required documents include:

application for registration of individual entrepreneurs of an approved sample according to form No. P21001;
photocopy of passport;
a receipt confirming that state fee for individual entrepreneur registration was paid.

Optional documents include:

TIN. It is provided if the citizen has it or is issued as a result of the registration procedure in his absence;
identification card of a foreign citizen, for persons who do not have Russian citizenship;
identification documents for stateless persons;
a document confirming the place of permanent registration in the absence of registration information;
Birth certificate, for persons whose passport does not contain information about the place of birth;
notarized power of attorney for citizens registering individual entrepreneurs with the help of an intermediary;
a document confirming permission from the guardianship authorities for entrepreneurial activities and parental consent to conduct activities, or a court decision confirming the full legal capacity of a citizen, or a Marriage Certificate for minor citizens.

How to choose OKVED codes?

After collecting documents, the entrepreneur must select OKVED codes to confirm information about the areas of activity that the individual entrepreneur will engage in. To do this, you can use the all-Russian classifier OKVED or OKVED-2.

Important! Please note that for all forms of legal relations that arose later than 01/01/14, from 01/01/17 the OKVED-2 classifier is in effect. The OKVED classifier is used only for legal relations that arose before December 31, 2013.

The classifier consists of 21 sections, each of which has its own subsections. In the application for registration of individual entrepreneurs, you must enter a code consisting of at least four digits. For example, 47.51 is a subgroup for conducting retail trade in textile products, which includes the sale of textiles and haberdashery products 47.51.1 and 47.51.2, respectively.

The classifier has a breakdown into logical sections. For example, by selecting the “Trade” section, an entrepreneur can easily find an item that will relate to the selected type of sales.

The individual entrepreneur has the right to indicate one code or select a whole list of codes that best meet his needs. However, it should be noted that some types of activities may expand the mandatory package of documents. For example, a certificate of no criminal record for work in preschool institutions, schools, social or medical organizations.

How to fill out an application?

The application is submitted in form No. P21001, which consists of five sheets. The first sheet indicates:

Full name of the person registering the individual entrepreneur;
TIN (if available);
date, place of birth and citizenship.

The second sheet contains the following information:

citizen registration;
passport data;
residence index.

The third sheet is provided for foreigners and stateless persons. It contains the same information as on the second sheet for Russian citizens.

The fourth sheet is a place to indicate all selected OKVED codes, consisting of 4 or more digital characters.

On the fifth sheet, the applicant deciphers his full name, signs, indicates the procedure for obtaining registration documents and a contact phone number.

Important! The full name and signature must be written in black ink only in the presence of a tax official accepting the application.

You can submit an application for registration of an individual entrepreneur as follows:

when visiting a tax authority office in person;
on the website of the Federal Tax Service of Russia https://www.nalog.ru;
on the State Services portal https://www.gosuslugi.ru;
at the nearest MFC branch.

You can download a sample application.

Duty

The mandatory state fee for registering an individual entrepreneur is 800 rubles. regardless of the form or place of submission of documents. When filing an application to terminate a business activity, the fee is 160 rubles.

The amount of the duty is established by law and is reflected on the official website of the Federal Tax Service of Russia at: https://service.nalog.ru/gp2.do

This page is the first way to pay state fees. To do this, you need to go to the point provided for paying the registration fee, then fill in the applicant’s information and select a payment method. There are two of them:

Cash. With its help, a receipt is generated in PDF format, which can be printed and paid at any bank.
Cashless payments. It is designed for payment via the Internet, using online banks or electronic wallets (for example, Qiwi).

Users can also use the State Services portal. As in the previous method, this site allows you to pay without leaving your home: using a mobile phone, card, through the bank’s customer service, electronic money, or by generating a receipt for payment at any bank branch or post office.

Please note that as of May 2018, when paying the fee on the State Services portal using a phone, card or electronic money, there is a 30% discount

Payment can also be made at the MFC or at the Federal Tax Service office, directly when submitting documents.

Application for transition to simplified tax system

If it is necessary to work under a simplified taxation system, the applicant must inform the tax authority about this. To do this, you need to submit an application using the approved form 26.2–1.

In accordance with Article 346.13 of the Tax Code of Russia, if an entrepreneur submits a corresponding application within 30 days from the date of registration of an individual entrepreneur, then the date of entry into force of the simplified taxation system will be considered the date of registration of the individual entrepreneur. However, you can submit an application later, but in this case, it will come into force on January 1 of the year following the year of registration of the individual entrepreneur. You can download a sample application for the simplified tax system.

Registration period

The registration period depends on the place of application. If it was submitted by a citizen in person to a tax authority office or on the Federal Tax Service website, then the registration period is 3 business days. If you submit an application on the State Services portal or through the MFC, the period increases to 5 working days.

What to do in case of loss of IP Certificate?

If an entrepreneur has already been registered, but has lost the Certificate, he can apply to the Federal Tax Service for its re-issuance. In place of the lost document, he will be given a Unified State Register of Entrepreneurs (USRIP) entry sheet, in accordance with the new form.

This service also requires payment of a state fee. Its size is 200 rubles. with the standard deadline for receiving new documents and 400 rubles. for urgent production.

The standard receipt period when submitting an application to the tax authority or on the Federal Tax Service website is 3 business days.
The standard period for receipt when submitting an application on the State Services portal or at the MFC is 5 working days.
Urgent receipt - 1 business day.

The application is written in any form. When applying, you will need a passport. Please note that not only the entrepreneur himself, but also any other third party can receive the Record Sheet, since this document does not contain confidential information.

Upon closer examination, it becomes clear that the cancellation of the Individual Entrepreneur Registration Certificate did not lead to any fundamental changes. However, with the help of this innovation, budget costs and the registration period for entrepreneurs have been significantly reduced.

Expert opinion

Maria Bogdanova

More than 6 years of experience. Specialization: contract law, labor law, social security law, intellectual property law, civil procedure, protection of the rights of minors, legal psychology

According to the legislation of the Russian Federation, an individual entrepreneur acts on the basis of his legal capacity, that is, the right to carry out commercial activities and subsequent receipt of profit is assigned to the businessman at the time of registration with the Federal Tax Service, when the established businessman receives registration documents. According to statistics, some businessmen believe that the individual entrepreneur registration certificate gives them authority, but this is a misconception. No registration document can confer rights on an entrepreneur.

In 2019, persons registered in the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs since 2017 indicate in invoices, acts, contracts and any other documents the details from the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs registration sheet. It also contains the OGRNIP, the date and name of the Federal Tax Service, which carried out the registration of the individual entrepreneur, and the full name of the individual.

The official document confirming the status of a self-employed citizen is a certificate of registration of individual entrepreneurs. This is the final chord that completes the process of registering an individual as an individual entrepreneur.

The individual entrepreneur registration certificate is a document confirming the fact of state registration and contains the OGRNIP number and the date of state registration. It is used to identify an entrepreneur and is used when filling out reports. It also indicates the right of a specific individual to engage in income-generating activities.

In this article we will tell you why such a certificate is needed, what information it contains, how and by whom it is issued, and what documents are needed to obtain it.

Who issues a certificate of registration of individual entrepreneurs and when?

If previously such a certificate was issued during all types of registration (registration of individual entrepreneurs, making changes to personal information, etc.), then on July 4, 2013, a federal law came into force, according to which a certificate of registration of individual entrepreneurs is issued only when an entry is made about registration of individuals as individual entrepreneurs in the Unified State Register (USRIP).

The issuance of certificates of state registration of individual entrepreneurs is carried out by a representative of the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation in the tax service where the application for receiving this document was submitted.

Documents required to obtain a certificate

In order to obtain a certificate of registration of an individual entrepreneur, it is necessary to submit an Application for state registration of an individual as an individual entrepreneur in the form P 21001 indicating the information (number) and attaching a package of documents:

and the applicant's original.
Receipt for payment of state duty (its amount is 800 rubles).
Notification of the transition to the simplified taxation system (STS) is provided at the discretion of the applicant.
One of the documents confirming the residence address of an individual, if the registration address is not indicated in the passport (temporary registration certificate, certificate, house register). Copy and original.
foreign citizen (for persons who have this document). Copy and original.
Temporary residence permit (for foreigners who have this document). Copy and original.
Passport of a foreign citizen (notarized copies of all pages with translation).

The tax office may also require. The need for this document appears if the passport does not contain information about the applicant’s date and place of birth.

In the event that it is planned to obtain a certificate, both residents of the Russian Federation and foreigners must provide additional documents:

A simple power of attorney, which is issued at the MFC (the original is provided).
Notarized power of attorney for the official representative of the applicant (also provided in original form).

Information contained in the individual entrepreneur registration certificate

Each such document must contain:

last name, first name and patronymic of the individual entrepreneur;
name of the body that carried out the state registration;
registration number of an individual entrepreneur in the Unified State Register of Entrepreneurs;
date of state registration of an individual as an individual entrepreneur.

The certificate of state registration of an individual entrepreneur must be certified by the signature of an authorized person and the seal of a division of the Federal Tax Service.

It is important to remember that if an entrepreneur does not have a taxpayer identification number (TIN), then during the registration process the TIN is automatically assigned to him. After the tax service issues a certificate of registration of an individual entrepreneur in the appropriate database, mandatory registration is carried out. In this case, a document must be drawn up in form 09-2-2, and a Notice of registration at the place of residence in form 09-2-3 must also be attached.

As practice shows, it takes relatively little time to obtain a certificate of registration of an individual entrepreneur, especially if you first contact the relevant tax authority for advice on collecting the necessary documents.

Each entrepreneur who has officially registered his activities receives documentary evidence of individual entrepreneur registration. The individual entrepreneur certificate is a document that confirms the right of a citizen to engage in entrepreneurial activity in the territory of the Russian Federation

What is a certificate of state registration of individual entrepreneurs?

The certificate is a form that indicates the full name of the entrepreneur, the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs (USRIP) number, as well as the date of registration of the business activity. Without this paper, it will be impossible to conclude contracts and officially conduct business. Carrying out business activities without appropriate registration with the tax authority may entail penalties from 500 to 2000 rubles. More severe types of punishment are also possible, therefore, before starting any legal business, you should carry out registration measures and obtain an individual entrepreneur certificate.

This paper has a unique number, by which you can easily determine whether the document is genuine. To do this, just go to the official website of the Federal Tax Service, where in the “Check the counterparty” service, to obtain information about the owner you will need to enter in special forms
OGRN and TIN number of an individual entrepreneur.

Fiscal control employees check the authenticity of the document using the fifteenth digit of the number, which is a control digit and allows you to perform the check without accessing the Internet service.

How to obtain an individual entrepreneur certificate?

Every entrepreneur who has registered his activities in the manner prescribed by law receives an individual entrepreneur certificate. To carry out registration actions, you will need to prepare the following documents:

When filling out documents, you should carefully enter personal data into the application form. Entering incorrect data may result in refusal to register an individual entrepreneur. Re-registration, in this case, will be possible only after re-payment of the state fee. Particular attention should be paid to the correct writing of OKVED codes. If an incorrect coding is included in the application for an individual entrepreneur, the entrepreneur will receive the right to engage in commercial activities in a completely different direction than originally planned.

The amount of taxes paid and the number of documents submitted to the tax authority will depend on the correct writing of OKVED codes. For some categories of business activities, a smaller percentage of contributions to the Pension Fund is charged, so you need to select only those codes that are necessary for carrying out business activities.

If you have any difficulties with paperwork, you can use the help of various intermediary firms who will prepare all the necessary documents for a reasonable fee. Registration of an individual entrepreneur takes several days, after which a certificate of registration of individual entrepreneur will be issued, or the aspiring entrepreneur will receive a refusal. To obtain a certificate, a citizen must personally visit the tax authority at his place of residence. To obtain this paper you will need to present your original passport.

Features of receiving by foreign citizens

In order to obtain an individual entrepreneur certificate, foreign citizens will need to take into account some of the specifics of such paperwork. In order to register business activities on the territory of the Russian Federation, a non-resident will need to have temporary registration. In the absence of documentary evidence of temporary residence in the Russian Federation, it will be impossible to obtain this paper.

The procedure for processing documents is practically no different from the registration procedure for citizens of the Russian Federation, but you will need to provide the tax authority with an additional document confirming the legality of the foreign citizen’s presence on the territory of the Russian Federation. All documentation is prepared exclusively in Russian.

This document contains the following information:

Name of the authority that issued the document.
IP registration date.
Full name of the entrepreneur.
Unique certificate number.

This document confirms the entry of the individual entrepreneur into the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs, by which it will be possible to determine the authenticity of the registration of business activities and identify the owner of this paper.

Validity period of the certificate

The individual entrepreneur certificate is an unlimited document, but in some cases it will be necessary to issue a new document.

The certificate is replaced in the following cases:

Loss of IP certificate.
Changing the passport data of an individual entrepreneur.

When receiving a new passport, in which the full name will be different from the document that was submitted for registration of business activities, you will need to submit an application to amend the individual entrepreneur certificate.

After the new document is received, it is necessary to notify the pension fund and compulsory health insurance as soon as possible about the changes made in the documentation. After receiving a new passport and individual entrepreneur certificate, you should visit the bank where the account was opened when registering the individual entrepreneur to make changes. If an individual entrepreneur has officially registered employees, then after changing the registration data, new entries will need to be made in the employees’ work books.

If a document is lost or stolen, then in this case you will also need to obtain a new document. In this case, you must write a free-form application by contacting the service where the original individual entrepreneur certificate was issued. In addition to the application, you will need to pay a state fee to obtain a new certificate. A duplicate certificate will be issued within 5 working days, but if an urgent replacement is required, an additional fee will be required.

When changing your permanent place of residence, you do not need to replace your individual entrepreneur certificate. It is enough to provide a photocopy of an existing document to the tax authority at the place of registration in order to carry out registration actions with the tax service at the new place of residence.

Despite the fact that it is quite simple to obtain a duplicate of an individual entrepreneur’s certificate, you should handle the original document very carefully. It is not recommended to laminate this document. In this case, it is not always possible to establish the authenticity of the certificate, the quality of the paper and seals during control checks by the relevant control authorities.

When making transactions with counterparties, it is also necessary to present a copy of the document, which will be certified by the seal of the individual entrepreneur. The seal should be purchased at the stage of preparing documents for obtaining a certificate. Despite the fact that this is not necessary, documents certified by a seal are more trusted, and the entrepreneur will have a higher status in comparison with his colleagues who do not have a seal.

Submission of the IP certificate

A certificate of state registration of an individual entrepreneur is submitted in the following cases:

When a citizen independently terminates entrepreneurial activity.
By court decision to terminate business activities.
Due to the death of the owner of the IP certificate.

In case of temporary cessation of business activity as a punishment, this paper is not required to be submitted to the local tax authority. Suspension of business activities can be imposed by a court for up to 90 days. After this time, the entrepreneur can begin operating again.

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