How to find out organization details. How to get an extract from the Unified State Register at the tax office using your tax identification number or order online for free

Identification of taxpayers, both individuals and legal entities, was introduced in 1993. The obvious reason for this step was the need to make the accounting of tax payers in the state transparent and to facilitate the work of the tax authorities.

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The correct decoding of the term is “ taxpayer identification number" The task is achieved by assigning each tax payer a unique number to create a clear, structured record of all enterprises and individuals engaged in business activities in Russia.

For what purposes may a TIN be needed?

An identifier is assigned to an enterprise at the time of registration and accompanies it throughout its existence. In accordance with its name, this number is an integral sign of a legal entity and can confirm its identity at any time. For example, if there are several companies with the same name. It is possible that they will be registered at the same address, but it is impossible for two enterprises to have the same identifying feature.

TIN for enterprises and organizations consists of ten digits: AAAABBBB10, where the first digits (AAAA) correspond to the code of the tax department that assigned this number to the legal entity, the second four digits (BBBB) correspond to the entry number in the accounting registers assigned to this and only this enterprise, the number 10 at the end is the calculated number that is displayed by a certain algorithm.

The division of the tax authority indicates the number when issuing a certificate (or sends it by mail) stating that the enterprise is registered for tax purposes. In addition, this number must be indicated in every document issued by the tax authority.

Thus, TIN is a universal distinctive feature of any legal entity or individual. It is assigned upon creation of an enterprise and exists throughout the operation of the enterprise. Upon termination of its activities in accordance with the established procedure, this number is declared non-existent.

This indicator is necessary to clarify data about the company - a potential partner, for maintaining tax records and conducting settlement transactions, being a mandatory banking detail.

About ways to clarify the TIN of organizations

There is a significant difference between the identifier of an individual and the same for a legal entity. It consists in the fact that the TIN of individuals is personal data and is not published. The identifier of a legal entity can be made public and, if necessary, easy to find.

Information about the full details of a legal entity can be found on the Internet.

The TIN is unique for all organizations and it is possible to use it to clarify the compliance of the declared data. If it is necessary to carry out a transaction through a banking institution, you must indicate the TIN. If such information is not available, you can always check it online.

This will take much less time than calling the organization you are interested in, especially since the employee who answers the phone may not know the number you are interested in. In addition, he may accidentally or intentionally make a mistake during transmission.

An identifier by name can be obtained by visiting the nearest branch of the Federal Tax Service. Despite the fact that this data is freely available, before going to the tax office you need to take your own documents with you. To obtain the information you are interested in, you must:

• arrive at the office of the Federal Tax Service;
• introduce yourself by presenting documents;
• Ask the person in charge to check the TIN of the organization you are interested in.

That's all there is to it. However, if due to some circumstances it is inconvenient or undesirable to appear at the tax office, such information can be found online and free of charge. There is a page on the Federal Tax Service website where all data about any enterprise can be obtained by its name:

• website address http://egrul.nalog.ru;
• You can also obtain the necessary data on the website http://www.fedresurs.ru/Companies, which belongs to the Unified Federal Register of Legal Entities.

The methods for obtaining data on both sites are the same, but the Federal Tax Service information is more complete.

The algorithm for obtaining information on these sites by name is simple:

1. Log in to one of the specified addresses.
2. On the Federal Tax Service website, in the “Search by” field, select “Name of legal entity.” There is no need to do this on the Federal Register website.
3. In the “Search” field, enter the name of the company.
4. When searching on the Federal Tax Service website, you will need to enter the number from the picture.
5. Click the “Login” or “Search” button.

As a result, data will be obtained in which all the search words will appear. There may be several such names of organizations. The Federal Tax Service website makes it possible to narrow the search by entering additional information, for example, the address of the organization, codes, abbreviations of the form of ownership. The most reliable result can be obtained by specifying the address: region, city, etc. The bottom line is that in one region it is impossible to register two enterprises with the same name.

In this way, unambiguously correct information will be obtained.

Search by business address

You can find out the TIN and name of an organization by knowing only its address. There are also two options for this:

1. Visit the tax office. The Federal Tax Service database contains not only tax identification numbers, names of organizations and other information, but also the addresses assigned to them. In this case it is necessary:
   • Arrive at the Federal Tax Service office.
   • Introduce yourself and present documents.
   • inform the responsible employee of the address of the enterprise and ask for clarification of the TIN. The requested information will be provided.
2. To search by address on the Internet, you need to go to the Federal Register website indicated above.
   • In the “Address” line, you must indicate the address that is available.
   • Click "Search".
   • As a result, all data about the organization located at the specified address will be displayed.

If you are not sure of the accuracy of the company name, but the address is known, it is better to enter it in a simplified way. Street names can be identical to the names of alleys, dead ends, etc., so it’s easy to make a mistake. You should enter an address with certain conventions, for example: “Tver Dekabristov 12”, and after receiving a list of possible options, select the appropriate one based on indirect data.

If the name of the enterprise is not in the found options, you need to look at the type of activity. As a rule, this data is sufficient.

Determination of the organization's TIN according to the BIC

BIC – bank identifier. There is no direct search for this code, but finding it in a roundabout way is not difficult:

• if there is a BIC, most likely the name of the bank is also known. It is enough to call this bank and ask to clarify the necessary data;
• when the bank is unknown, you need to enter this code in the search engine in the form “bik........” and the system will display the name of the bank and all the details associated with this code, including the TIN.

Identifier by OGRN code

Codes and TIN are closely interconnected. Finding out the identifier by OGRN is available on the same sites as by company name. For this it is enough:

1. Login to any of the sites listed above.
2. If the search is carried out using the Federal Tax Service, enter the option “OGRN/TIN” in the “search by” field. Enter the OGRN code in this field.
3. On the Federal Tax Service website, repeat the numbers from the picture.
4. Click “Search” (“Login”).
5. The search result will be reliable data about the organization that interests the seeker, including the TIN.

Indicating an incorrect TIN, intentionally or unwittingly, may be part of a scam when concluding contracts of one kind or another. Reasons for checking may include:

• indicating a residential apartment as the legal address; as a rule, enterprises prefer to have their own office;
• if the owner of the enterprise holds several responsible positions in it, especially those related to financial responsibility, for example, director and chief accountant;
• if an organization is registered immediately before the conclusion of a transaction, such an “office” may turn out to be an ordinary company – a fly-by-night company.

Search by OKPO code

It should be taken into account that this identifier is assigned only to persons, enterprises and organizations that do not form a legal entity. In this case, you can clarify the TIN of such entity. Knowing you need to request and receive within 15 minutes enterprise data and information on financial statements.

Checking the validity of the code

You can check the correctness of the identifier yourself by calculating the last two digits using the appropriate method. However, it is much more convenient to use the capabilities of the site http://www.egrul.ru_test.inn.html. To do this you need:

• enter the TIN in the field;
• click the “Check” button.

The system will show the result of the check. If everything is fine, you can then check all other data of the organization.

You should remember the importance of correctly indicating the TIN; you cannot save time and not check the ID of the transaction partner; this can save you from unplanned losses and troubles associated with such a situation.

Where to go to solve this problem

The above describes step-by-step actions to clarify or clarify the TIN. The choice of options is small, these are:

• official websites of the FMS or federal register;
• personal visit to the tax office.

On the sites you can quickly and effortlessly obtain complete information about the subjects of interest.

When visiting a Federal Tax Service office in person, you may be required to write an application for the issuance of such a certificate. You will have to wait about three days for a response or receive it by mail within five days. The method of obtaining a response will need to be indicated in the application.

All information of this nature is provided free of charge.

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To bring your business to the top of the business “Olympus”, you need not only to masterfully conduct business, but also to understand people. And we are not talking about brilliant intuition at all, but about competent testing of a future partner. Indeed, along with the rapid growth of competition, the number of fraudsters is also growing, especially among small entrepreneurs who cannot afford to pay taxes.

Trust, but verify, and the best option is checking individual entrepreneurs by TIN or full name on the Federal Tax Service website, with which you can find out all the information about the counterparty and reveal its secrets, for example, the lack of a license or hidden bankruptcy.

How to check an individual entrepreneur by TIN

When a citizen undergoes state registration as an individual entrepreneur, all information about him is entered into the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs (USRIP). They are kept there forever, even after liquidation. If any registration data changes during the work, the entrepreneur is obliged to notify the tax office about this so that its employees make changes to the register.

There is no need to report a change of name, passport or place of residence; the Federal Tax Service independently monitors the relevance of such data.

The information stored in the Unified State Register of Enterprises is not classified. Each individual has the right to check any individual entrepreneur through the service on the website of the Federal Tax Service, knowing only the TIN or full name and region of the entrepreneur of interest.

Don't panic! Personal data, such as residential address, passport number and series, bank account, are not provided to third parties. They can only be obtained by the entrepreneur himself by personally contacting the tax authority.

Verification algorithm

To obtain information, go to the official website of the Federal Tax Service and click on the “Business risks” tab. Then set your search criteria:

• In the topmost field, click on “Individual entrepreneur/peasant farm”;
• In the “Search by” field, select the option with the data you know - OGRN and INN or full name and region of residence.

If you chose to search for an individual entrepreneur by OGRNIP or TIN, indicate the 12-digit taxpayer identification number or the 15-digit number under which he is listed in the register of individual entrepreneurs. And if full name/region - last name, first name, patronymic and region of residence of the businessman. Then enter the numbers from the picture and click “Find”.

Using the service, you can check the reliability of a legal entity. The principle of action is the same, but since legal. a person acts on behalf of an entire organization; when choosing the second search option, you should indicate its legal name, and not the full name of an individual citizen.

Result of checking

If a citizen has not undergone mandatory registration with the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs, the system will not find information about him. The absence of an inspection result indicates that the businessman is carrying out his activities illegally, and the registration documents provided by them are false.

If the individual entrepreneur you specified is listed in the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs, the system will issue a document for download in PDF format with the following information:

• about an individual;
• about registration;
• about the main type of business activity and additional ones;
• on registration with the tax authority;
• about the changes made;
• on bankruptcy and liquidation procedures.

But if you indicated the full name and region of the businessman, a list with all namesakes will appear on the page. Select the appropriate option and click on your full name, the document with the data will be downloaded to your computer.

How to find out your or someone else's TIN

Using the “Business Risks” service, you can not only verify the reliability and solvency of the counterparty, but also find out the TIN of any individual entrepreneur by last name. You need to find the business entity you are interested in using the same scheme mentioned above, for this:

• select “Individual entrepreneur” and search by full name;
• indicate your last name, first name, patronymic and region;
• enter the captcha;
• click "Find".

The system will give you a list of all individual entrepreneurs with that name. Their TIN, OGRNIP, and registration date will also be indicated. Just select the props you need.

There are often situations when an entrepreneur needs to find out his own TIN. For example, if you need to fill out some paper, but you don’t have a registration certificate at hand, which contains all the basic details. You can find out the TIN of an individual entrepreneur that belongs to you in two ways:

• through the Federal Tax Service service;
• through the Gosuslug service.

Both portals provide the service for free, but on the second you will have to go through a simple registration procedure. The details you will need are your full name, place and date of birth, number and series of your passport or other identity document, and date of issue.

To find out the TIN of an individual entrepreneur, go to the website, fill out all the fields, enter the numbers from the picture and send a request.

How to get an extract

The PDF file obtained as a result of verification in the Business Risks service does not have any legal force. It is intended solely for informational assessment of the counterparty. If a businessman needs a document with legal significance, for example, to confirm the legality of a transaction before the tax service, he can order it in several ways:

Any individual can receive an extract; it will contain only general information about the individual entrepreneur, like an information copy, but it will be able to appear in any business as an official document. To obtain it you will need:

• A freely drawn up application and a copy thereof.
• A receipt confirming payment of the state fee in the amount of 200 rubles for a regular extract or 400 rubles for an urgent one.
• A power of attorney certified by a notary, if a representative has applied for the paper.

The above method is expensive, since a fee is paid for each requested copy of the extract. If a large number of entrepreneurs will be checked, it is better to resort to the free online option:

The completed statement will appear in your list of applications; download it to your computer and print it. But keep in mind: to open a PDF file with an electronic signature, you will need to install Crypto Pro software version 3.6 or higher.

Other services for checking

You can find information about individual entrepreneurs not only on the Federal Tax Service website. Although this portal is the most accessible, reliable and, moreover, free, with its help you can not find out all the important information.

The list of official sites that provide information from the database of entrepreneurs includes:

Website:	What you can find out	How to find out
SAC of Russia (Federal Arbitration Court)	Complete list of ongoing and completed litigation.	Go to the “Card Index of Arbitration Cases” service. In the topmost field on the left side of the page, enter the name or full name, INN or OGRNIP of the participant in the case. If you know any other information, add it as well; if not, there is no need to find out. Click on "Find". A to-do list will appear on the right side of the screen.
Bailiffs portal	A complete list of completed trials for which a court decision has already been made.	Follow the link and select search for individuals. Specify the search region, for example, Moscow. Enter the last name, first name, patronymic of the plaintiff or defendant. Click Find. Scroll to the top of the page, there you will find all the cases you are looking for.
"Contour-Focus"	Information about the counterparty and a simplified version of the extract without legal significance.	Free: INN, OGRN, KPP, main and additional OKVED, company address. Paid: telephone, arbitration cases, balance sheet and reporting, registration in extra-budgetary funds, certificate number, extract from the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs.

If you don't check your partner

To reduce risks for your business, you should not blindly trust your partners. When entering into a business relationship, ask them for a package of documents confirming the reality of the existence of an individual entrepreneur and allowing you to assess the reliability of the company. And also check the counterparty in all possible services to avoid such unpleasant situations as:

• delay in payment for goods/services;
• non-receipt of the goods you paid for;
• appearing in fraudulent schemes;
• impossibility of deducting VAT;
• signing an agreement with a future bankrupt.

And if the tax authorities come to the conclusion that the company knew about the unreliability of its partner, then it will have to prove its non-involvement in fraud in court. Therefore, in addition to checking the individual entrepreneur, it is also worth getting an extract to provide it as proof of your innocence.

Statistics show us a not very pleasant fact: a transaction with every 20 organizations usually ends in losses only because the counterparty company did not check it for reliability. How to study the company's reputation and come to honest cooperation? Let's try to figure it out.

In what cases should counterparties be checked?

Verification of counterparties is usually carried out either by experienced businessmen or experienced lawyers. Do you know why? Because they have already understood that they need to work only with reliable companies and, moreover, only you are responsible for checking this reliability.

To ensure that there are no unpleasant situations when working with a counterparty, it is customary to “run” new partners through a whole list of checks. Moreover, there are a number of cases when such checks are mandatory:

1. If you decide to work with a new partner for the first time. Checking will help you avoid possible mistakes.
2. If you are aware that the potential counterparty is a new company that was registered quite recently. Of course, a new company by itself cannot bear risks, however, working with it can still do its best.
3. If you know that a potential counterparty is not very flatteringly spoken about. Of course, no one has canceled the evil language of competition, but still the old proverb says “trust, but verify.”
4. If a potential counterparty works exclusively on prepayment. By checking the company for reliability, you can protect yourself from under-delivery of goods or from providing low-quality services.

Checking a company is a separate service that many organizations provide, however, with the proper skill and free time, you can do it yourself.

The relevance of checking the reliability of a company for different areas of business should not be questioned. Even in such a seemingly undeniably reliable activity as leasing, there are not entirely honest “players”.

What information can you get about a potential partner?

So, let's look at what information you can get about a company using simple Internet access. The easiest way is to go to the tax service website and use a search to find all the necessary information there, or use the services of third-party resources, which, by the way, are sometimes paid.

Checking the TIN

The first thing that characterizes a company as a company that really works and works honestly is the TIN. If you have an organization’s TIN, then you can easily check how real it is. TIN, or individual tax number, is a code built using a special algorithm. If the company took it out of their heads, then checking this number through any service convenient for you will not give any result.

The easiest way to check your TIN is to use the verification service on the tax service website (more details about this are described at the end of the article).

We request a certificate of state registration

Requesting a certificate of registration is a sure way to find out how real the activities of a potential counterparty are. This way we will find out whether the company actually exists, that is, whether it is registered with the Federal Tax Service as a taxpayer.

Of course, the presence of a certificate does not yet tell us that the company is very reliable. Maybe she has just ceased her activities, or maybe she does not submit reports, or is generally a tax debtor.

You can request a copy of the state registration certificate directly from the company, or again use the services of third-party resources.

We receive an extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities/Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs

If you can get a fresh extract for the counterparty from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities/Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs, this means that the organization is still afloat. Moreover, the extract contains all the necessary information to verify the integrity of the organization: its owner, place of registration, licenses and other data.

The extract can be downloaded from the official website of the Russian Tax Service (which is much easier) or requested from a potential partner. If you need a certified extract from the register, you can apply for it at any branch of the Russian Tax Service.

We analyze financial statements

An excellent tool for analyzing an organization is the analysis of its financial statements. Request a balance sheet from the counterparty, or use third-party services.

Using your balance, you can check several types of data at once:

• the company successfully closes quarters and submits reports;
• the company conducts business activities;
• What assets does the company own?

The assets of a company are, first of all, its authorized and other types of capital and liabilities. If a company has practically no assets, then this is a reason for you to think about whether it is worth connecting your business with it.

Also, if you know that you are planning a major transaction with a company, and its assets or turnover are very small compared to the amount of the transaction, then this is also a reason to think: most likely it is hiding part of the income, which also does not show it on the positive side.

Based on the balance sheet, you can make a full-fledged financial analysis, which can not only demonstrate the company’s development vector, but also understand how stable it is on its feet. If you need a reliable partner, then this is one of the main indicators.

Checking the registration address for “mass”

What do you know about mass registration address? Most likely nothing. However, this is one of the most basic signs of so-called fly-by-night companies. If you are afraid that your counterparty may be just such a company, then just check their address.

This can be done on the tax service website at service.nalog.ru/addrfind.do.

Most companies are registered at one address, but are actually located at a completely different address. We also advise you to check the actual address of the company’s location - whether the partner’s office actually exists and what it is. If you have not previously worked with this partner and the amount of the planned transaction is high, then such a check will not be superfluous.

Checking tax arrears and reporting

If you doubt that your counterparty is playing honestly, then, just in case, ask the Federal Tax Service for information about the payment of taxes by this company.

What is it for? It's simple. If the case between you and your counterparty reaches arbitration, then your contact with the Federal Tax Service for additional information will be a huge plus. In order to record the fact of the application, the request must be submitted in person, and the Federal Tax Service office must mark the receipt of the request (or send the request by registered mail with notification).

Knowing his TIN, you can conduct such a check of the counterparty on the tax service website - service.nalog.ru/zd.do.

Taking into account the fact that this online service operates in test mode, you need to understand that the information received cannot be considered 100% reliable.

Government contracts

Government contracts are a great way to verify all the data about a prospective partner. Executing companies for such transactions are selected very strictly. So, for example, the executor cannot be a company that has debts. If a company sometimes enters into government contracts, this is an indicator of its reliability and stable position in the market.

You can check a company for participation in government procurement on the website zakupki.gov.ru, or on other electronic trading platforms.

People data

What kind of people are we talking about in this case? First of all, about the management and founders. So, along with mass registration, there is also such a concept as “mass leadership”. If a person is a director in several companies at once, then you have every reason to believe that the potential counterparty is a fly-by-night.

In addition to the fact that you will see how many companies a person manages, you will also have access to data about all the companies that he previously led. If you find out that many of the companies that a person led went bankrupt, then this is a reason to think: most likely, you are dealing with an unscrupulous company, which may not exist tomorrow.

It would be a good idea to check whether the manager is listed in the register of disqualified persons. This can be done on the tax service website - service.nalog.ru/disqualified.do.

Checking an organization by TIN on the website of the Tax Service of Russia

Let's try to figure out how to find and check a counterparty using the TIN on the tax service website. To do this, follow the link egrul.nalog.ru, or open the main page of the resource and in the “Electronic services” section select “Business risks: check yourself and your counterparty.”

You already know by what parameters you can check a company through the resource of the tax service of the Russian Federation, so now we will look at the most common of the necessary checks - checking by TIN.

For example, we will check the TIN of PJSC GAZPROM. Don’t forget that in addition to checking legal entities, checking of individual entrepreneurs is also available there.

As you can see, everything is extremely simple. We enter the individual tax number in the required window and enter the captcha to confirm that we are not a robot.

The result is pleasing: the tax office immediately provides the company’s location address, its OGRN, INN, KPP, as well as the date of assignment of the OGRN:

conclusions

To avoid misunderstandings when working with a new counterparty, it is necessary to check its reliability. Such a check can easily be carried out on the official website of the Russian Tax Service or use other services.

Based on the results of the check, you can draw conclusions - whether you should start cooperation with a new company, or whether you need to cut off all ties right now.

Video - why it is important to check counterparties before concluding a deal:

Every business inevitably faces the need to check its business partners. Before concluding an agreement, let alone sending an advance payment, we will do everything possible to check who our counterparty is (by TIN, for example): does he really exist? who signs the contract? how long has the company been on the market? do they know this company?

In a more specific case, an accountant is faced with the need to have evidence of his diligence in the event of tax audits, even though the Tax Code does not directly dictate such a duty.

The easiest first step is to check the counterparty by TIN on the Tax Service website for free. The online check is called “Check yourself and your counterparty” (nalog.ru). This method makes it possible to view an extract about the company from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities by TIN. As practice shows, this is good, but it is absolutely not enough to fully check a company and protect your business both from fraudsters and from claims from regulatory authorities.

We will tell you all the intricacies and details of checking companies: how and what to check, whether it is enough to check a company by TIN, and what paid and free options can be used to do this.

Counterparty verification - tools:

Checking the counterparty - detailed information

What does it mean to “check the counterparty”?

On the Tax Service website and in special programs, you can collect and analyze documentary and other information about your business partner. Such actions will determine how conscientiously your partner conducts business.

Who should do this?

In an organization, a tax audit of a counterparty by TIN is usually carried out by employees of the legal department or the economic security department. If the organization does not have such a department, then checking counterparties (by TIN on the Federal Tax Service Inspectorate website, for example) is the responsibility of the person concluding the contract.

Why is it necessary to check the counterparty by TIN on the Tax Service website or in a paid program?

There are various reasons justifying the need for this activity. These include risks of financial and economic life: the risk of non-delivery of goods, delivery of low-quality goods, untimely delivery of goods, etc., even fraudulent schemes.

We must also remember that any transaction is subject to tax. The Federal Tax Service has repeatedly emphasized that responsibility for choosing a company with which to cooperate lies entirely with the organization. The possible consequences of such a choice are the entrepreneurial risk of the organization. For example, during an audit, tax authorities may exclude a questionable transaction from expenses or not deduct VAT. To avoid such troubles, it is easier to check the company in advance by TIN on the Tax Service website, having received an extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (nalog.ru).

The state has not established a formal obligation to verify companies when concluding contracts, much less criteria for such a procedure, a list of necessary actions, or a minimum package of documents.

In the Tax Code there are no concepts such as “verification of the counterparty” or “bad faith of the taxpayer.” Meanwhile, there is clause 10 of the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation dated October 12, 2006 N 53 “On the assessment by arbitration courts of the validity of a taxpayer receiving a tax benefit,” which states: “A benefit may be recognized as unjustified if the tax authority proves that the taxpayer acted without due diligence...” After this, the state actually entrusted businesses with the obligation to check their partners, and a practicing accountant is constantly faced with the need to find a counterparty by TIN on the tax website, and then check “what he breathes.”

Business customs

For many years now, organizations must first check the counterparty using the TIN (the Federal Tax Service allows this to be done free of charge), and then document the conduct of such a check. During this time, the most frequently requested package of documents was formed:

• copy of the Charter;
• extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities;
• a copy of the registration certificate;
• a copy of the tax registration certificate;
• letter from statistics with codes;
• documents confirming the authority of the person with whom the contract is signed, for example, a power of attorney and a copy of the passport.

Please note that checking the fact of entering information into the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and receiving a document confirming the person’s authority to sign documents from the point of view of the Ministry of Finance indicates due diligence (letter of the Ministry of Finance of Russia dated April 10, 2009 No. 03-02-07/1-177).

In addition, depending on the activity, the following may be requested:

• organization card;
• extract from the staffing table (if a specialist is required to perform the work);
• licenses with attachments, necessary permissions;
• certificates from the Federal Tax Service confirming the absence of debt;
• copies of accounting and tax reporting for the past period with a mark from the Federal Tax Service;
• a copy of the lease agreement (office, warehouse, etc.).

Much less frequently, but there are already precedents when the following is requested:

• analytical notes (i.e. a brief summary of the company on the implementation of similar projects);
• letters of recommendation (usually requested by banks);
• audit report;
• and even a current account statement for the last month, quarter, or year.

Publicly available sources of information

When acting independently, you should use the following sources of information:

• request an extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities yourself for your partner;
• check if he has a website;
• send a request to the Federal Tax Service inspection in free form about the integrity of the taxpayer;
• check whether it is registered at the “mass registration” address on the Federal Tax Service website;
• you can check yourself and your counterparty in the Federal Tax Service service of the same name on the website “check yourself and your counterparty” nalog.ru (you will first need to check your TIN on the tax website);
• check it according to the State Registration Bulletin to see if it has begun the liquidation or reorganization procedure;
• look for the passport of the sole executive body on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find out if it was lost some time ago;
• You can check the license data on the website of the licensing authority;
• on the website of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation and other courts, you can find out whether the company participated in legal proceedings;
• Enter the name of the company you are interested in and the last name, first name, patronymic of the director into any search engine and look through all mentions of them.

What organizational measures should be taken in the company to be protected from unscrupulous counterparties?

Each company independently decides the degree of possible risk when concluding contracts and takes appropriate organizational measures. Usually, a person responsible for this procedure is appointed, and the procedure itself is regulated by internal Regulations or Rules of Procedure for verifying counterparties. At a minimum, every organization checks the counterparty on the tax website using the TIN for free.