In the verification process, you may be asked to provide your TIN number. But what is a TIN and where can you find it to make your verification a breeze? ✨
TIN, short for Taxpayer Identification Number, is a government-issued identification number assigned to every citizen. In each respective country, it’s common to use a different, local name for the TIN, and it can be found on most identity cards, passports, and driver’s licenses.
For example, TIN is known in the following countries as:
- Austria 🇦🇹: TIN - 9 digits, TIN is not present on most documents, and can be changed when moving - then, it is issued by local authorities
- Belgium 🇧🇪: NN (Numéro National) - 11 digits
- Bulgaria 🇧🇬: Personal Identification Number - 10 digits, for Bulgarian citizens: Unified Civil Number; for expats living in Bulgaria: Personal Foreigner’s Number
- Croatia 🇭🇷: OIB - 11 digits
- Cyprus 🇨🇾: TIC (Tax Identification Code) - 8 digits and 1 letter
- Denmark 🇩🇰: CPR-number - 10 digits
- Estonia 🇪🇪: Isikukood - 11 digits
- Germany 🇩🇪: IdNr. (Identifikationsnummer) - 11 digits
- Greece 🇬🇷: CPR number - 9 digits
- Hungary 🇭🇺: Adóazonosító jel - 10 digits, present on TIN cards
- Finland 🇫🇮: TIN - 11 characters, some formats differing for people born in the 19th, 20th, and 21st century
- France 🇫🇷: SPI number - 13 digits, can be found on tax declaration forms
- Ireland 🇮🇪: PPS number - 7 digits + 1 or 2 letters, can be found on tax return forms
- Italy 🇮🇹: Codice fiscale - 11 characters, can be found on health or TIN cards
- Latvia 🇱🇻: Personas kods (PIC) - date of birth + 5 digits (issued before July 1st 2017), “32” + 9 digits (issued after July 1st 2017)
- Lithuania 🇱🇹: Asmens kodas/Personal number - 11 digits
- Luxembourg 🇱🇺: Social security identification number - 13 digits, can be found on social security identification cards
- Malta 🇲🇹: Identity Card Number - 7 digits + 1 letter (for Maltese nationals); TIN - 9 digits (for expats living in Malta)
- The Netherlands 🇳🇱: BSN/persoonsnummer - 9 digits
- Poland 🇵🇱: PESEL - 11 digits; NIP - 10 digits (for business/tax purposes only)
- Portugal 🇵🇹: Número de identificação fiscal - 9 digits
- Romania 🇷🇴: CNP/Codul de înregistrare fiscală - 13 digits
- Slovakia 🇸🇰: Rodné číslo - 9 or 10 digits
- Slovenia 🇸🇮: TIN - 8 digits, can be found on the tax registration form or certificate of residence
- Spain 🇪🇸: Spanish system has multiple numbers for identification purposes, all of which can function as TIN - read more here
- Sweden 🇸🇪: Personnummer (for people registered in the Swedish population record)/Samordningsnummer (for people not registered in the Swedish population record) - 10 digits
- United Kingdom 🇬🇧: Unique Taxpayer Reference - 10 digits, can be found on tax return forms; National Insurance Number - 2 letters + 6 digits + 1 letter, can be found on insurance cards, employee’s payslips, or letters issued by the Department for Work and Pensions
If you want to know more or learn how to find your TIN, visit this website.
