Business identifiers
Business identifiers - Registers & identifiers.
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- Business identifiersCompany Registration NumberA company registration number is an identifier assigned to a legal entity by its registration authority. It helps distinguish the entity from businesses with similar names. Its meaning depends on the issuing jurisdiction and register: the same character sequence can occur in unrelated systems, and a tax identifier is not necessarily the registry identifier.
- Business identifiersTax Identification Number (TIN)A tax identification number identifies a taxpayer within a particular tax administration system.
- Business identifiersVAT NumberA VAT number identifies a person or business registered for value-added tax in a particular tax system. It is used in tax-related processes and may help reconcile a counterparty’s records. It should be stored with its country or issuing context because formats and validation methods vary.
- Business identifiersLegal Entity Identifier (LEI)A Legal Entity Identifier is an identifier used to identify legal entities in the global LEI system.
- Business identifiersD-U-N-S NumberA D-U-N-S Number is an identifier assigned within Dun & Bradstreet’s identification system.