The are 13-digit identifiers assigned by the
National Tax Agency
The is the official tax collecting agency of Japan. As of October 2018, the Commissioner of NTA is Takeshi Fujii.
Mission
Mission: To enable taxpayers to properly and smoothly fulfill their tax responsibility.
To achieve the mission stated abo ...
to
companies
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...
and other organizations registered in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. When filing tax returns or other forms related to taxation, employment or social insurance, assignees are required to print their own Corporate Number on the document.
Corporate Numbers were implemented in 2015, along with the 12-digit
Individual Number
An , also known as , is a 12-digit ID number issued to all citizens and residents of Japan (including foreign residents in Japan) used for taxation, social security and disaster response purposes. The numbers were first issued in late 2015.Osaki ...
s, which identify individual residents (including resident aliens) in Japan. Unlike Individual Numbers, whose disclosure to the public is punishable, Corporate Numbers are published by the National Tax Agency.
Format
A Corporate Number consists of 13 digits. The leading digit is a nonzero
check digit
A check digit is a form of redundancy check used for error detection on identification numbers, such as bank account numbers, which are used in an application where they will at least sometimes be input manually. It is analogous to a binary parity ...
calculated from the trailing 12 digits.
External links
Corporate Number Publication Site(by National Tax Agency)
About the Corporate Number(official introduction by National Tax Agency)
Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in the Administrative Procedure(English translation of the legal text)
Taxation in Japan
2015 establishments in Japan
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