How to eliminate an individual entrepreneur

The liquidation or termination of the activities of an individual entrepreneur can be carried out by both specialized consulting firms and the entrepreneurs themselves. Individual entrepreneurs may terminate their activities only in an official manner.

Instruction manual

1

Visit the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation and get a PFR certificate registering the termination of your activity.

2

Write a statement on the termination of the activities of an individual entrepreneur and assure it of a notary public.

3

Remove from the register cash registers, if any.

4

Fill out a state duty receipt to close the IP. At the moment, it is 160 rubles. Pay the state fee at any branch of Sberbank of Russia.

5

Close your current account at the bank. Do this before you submit documents to the tax office, as a rule, it notifies you of the closure of activities within 7 days.

6

Register termination with tax authorities. To do this, prepare a package of documents and a certificate from the Pension Fund. The following items should be in the package of documents:

- A photocopy of the certificate of entry into the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs (EGRIP);

- photocopy of tax registration certificate;

- A photocopy of the extract from the Unified State Register of Enterprises (for a period not later than a year from the date of its issue);

- A photocopy of the passport of an individual entrepreneur with a spread of the registration page;

- printing (when documents are already signed).

7

If the seal is not destroyed by the tax authorities, be sure to destroy it yourself.

8

A week after submitting documents to close the IP, visit the tax office and take away the certificate of termination of the IP.

note

Be prepared for the IFTS request for a tax audit upon receipt of an application for the liquidation of IP activities.

Useful advice

It is necessary to pay off all debts to creditors before going to the tax office, otherwise the closure of the IP will be refused.

For lack of time or unwillingness to prepare documents for obtaining a certificate of termination of activity of an individual entrepreneur, you can contact any law firm. The provided service will cost around 5-10 thousand rubles.