CPF in Brazil - The brazilian taxpayer number
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Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas
CPF is the brazilian individual taxpayer identification number
Topics:
Overview about CPF
Getting your CPF card in Brazil
Getting the CPF card in your home country
Checking CPF numbers
After you receive your CPF card
Need assistence to get your CPF
Know more about CPF
CPF is a Brazilian document which is used to identify tax payments which means Cadastro de Pessoa Física or Physical Person Register. It is a federal identification and also valid in the whole national territory.
CNPJ - Cadastro Nacional de Pessoa Jurídica ( National Register of Juridical Person) is a similar document to CPF , which is used as a company identificaton.
CPF was created by Secretaria da Receita Federal , in order to indentify and control the tax payments in Brazil, although nowadays the companies can identify their customers by this identificationas . Therefore CPF is a really necessary document for many situations in a citzen’s life. For instance it is used to operate in banks, get properties, act in any profitable business, buy anything through credit national system, get telephone line and many other things related to tax.
CPF is not a personal ID at all nor presents any photo. Therefore, it must be presented together with another official ID like (driiving license, passaport, etc.).
According to the law each person can get only one CPF card whose number can never be changed. Besides the citzen will have to declare his/her annual income through this number. The citzens who get less than R$ 13.968,01 yearly , will have only to declare that are exempt from income tax. Almost everyone can get a CPF number on a simple and quick way even for people who do not have permanent residence in Brazil. On the other hand the procedure to get a CNPJ is slower and more bureaucratic.
Getting your CPF card in Brazil:
Attention: There are many people who can charge you some money in order to get a CPF card for you. But you do not need to pay anyone to do it. You can get your CPF card by yourself if you just follow the three steps below.
STEP NUMBER 01: Checking your documentation. You need to have: one personal and official document with a photo, for example, your passaport. It is also usuful if you present your birth certification so that you can prove your parents names if asked. You have to make a copy of these documents once they often ask for one.
STEP NUMBER 02: Go to any Banco do Brasil or Caixa Econômica Federal bank agencies, or Correios and require an inscription of your CPF number. Usually you only need to pay a R$ 4,50 fee , present your passaport and declare the address where you live in Brazil (it doesn’t matter if the address is permanent or not.). Afterwards you will receive a voucher that indicates your apllication for a CPF number.
STEP NUMBER 03: After 24h that the step number 02 was done , go to RECEITA FEDERAL (Federal Revenue and Customs Administration ). In Salvador – Bahia it is placed in the Comércio neighborhood), There you have to present your voucher and require the confirmation of your CPF inscription.
Getting CPF card in your home country
(Source: Receita Federal )
1. Print the registry form which is available in the Receita Federal web site;
2. Fill the form fully;
3. If you are older than 16 years old, take the CPF form together with the original and copies of a personal and official identification to a Brazilian Consulate.
IMPORTANT: When the documents are not in the Portuguese language they must be officialy translated.
Through Internent you can check an updated CPF situation.
After you receive your CPF card:
After you receive your CPF card, check carefully all its information. If you realize any incorrect information, go to the place where you required your CPF and ask for corrections. They must be made for free. Any fee will be charged.
Need assistence to get your CPF
If you are in Bahia and need assistence to get your CPF number, we (Bahia-Investments.com) will be glad to assist you in obtaining your CPF.
Official site of Federal Revenue and Customs Administration - CPF ( in English )
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2004
Updated by: Allan Andrade – 1, June 2005
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