How to close an entrepreneur

Individual entrepreneurship can be closed for various reasons: on their own initiative, in connection with bankruptcy, with a court order banning activities. Foreign citizens are forced to cease entrepreneurial activity, not only for the reasons indicated, but also due to the expiration of the period of issuance of a business document. To complete the closing procedure, you need to collect a number of documents and contact the tax office.

You will need

• - an application on the standardized form Р26001;

• - passport and copy;

• - TIN and copy;

• - certificate of individual entrepreneur and a copy;

• - receipt of payment of state duty;

• - receipt of payment of all contributions;

• - court ruling (in the case of forced termination of business, bankruptcy or death).

Instruction manual

1

To close your business, contact the tax office. Fill out the application on the uniform form P26001. You must fill out the application in person and notarize it.

2

You must also present your passport and a photocopy of all its pages, a photocopy and original TIN and certificate of registration of individual entrepreneurs, a receipt on the payment of all contributions to the Pension Insurance Fund, a receipt on payment for closing your business.

3

Notify the Federal Office of the Pension Fund of the termination of its activities in writing. Pay off all tax and other arrears, if any.

4

If you have entered into an agreement with the insurance fund, you must notify the insurance authorities in writing of the termination of your activities.

5

Fill out your tax return. You will receive a certificate of closure 5 business days after the submission of all documents.

6

If the court has ruled on your bankruptcy, then additionally present this document to the tax office. In case of bankruptcy, there are always tax debts, therefore you will not receive a certificate of termination until the bailiffs describe your property and sell it. You can not pay taxes only if the entrepreneur has died and there is no property left after his death.

7

In the event of death, bankruptcy, a ban on activity, the court must make a decision to close the business. Since the closure of business is possible in the presence of these documents or by court order.

Useful advice

Read article 23 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation on IP activities, as well as Federal Law 129 on the termination of IP activities on a personal initiative, forcibly, in connection with the death or prohibition of activities on the territory of the Russian Federation.

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