OBTAINING FCC

Obtaining FCC (foreign company code, TIN analogue) for foreign companies

A foreign organization is subject to registration with the tax authority in the following cases:

• Carrying out activities on the territory of the Russian Federation through a permanent establishment, branch or other separate divisions - at the place of the separate division.

• Carrying out activities on the territory of the Russian Federation through a branch for a period exceeding 30 calendar days per year (permanently or in aggregate) - at the place of carrying out activities.

• Acquisition of real estate - at the place of property.

• Acquisition of a vehicle - at the place of registration of a vehicle.

• In other cases, a foreign organization is subject to registration with the tax authority at the place of the bank in which it will open an account.

For registration with tax authority, it is necessary to provide certain documents defined by the Ministry of finance of Russia by the order dated 12.28.2018 No. 293Н "On approval of features of accounting in tax authorities of foreign organizations ..."

The basic set of documents for registration of a foreign company is:

1. Corporate establishment documents of a foreign legal entity (memorandum and articles of association);

2. A document confirming the registration of a legal entity. Different countries have their own procedures for legal entities registration. As a rule, this document is issued by the Chamber of commerce or the tax authority.

All papers, unless otherwise provided by the Russian laws or international treaties, should be legalized by apostille, and translated into Russian with notarization of the translator's signature.

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