What you need to open an IP - a detailed briefing!

So you've decided to become an entrepreneur! A good prospect for those who are tired of depending on the bosses and want to become the master of their lives! One of the solutions to this issue is the design of IP. What you need to open an IP - this is our detailed material.

IP - who is this?

It is most expedient to become an individual entrepreneur, or an individual entrepreneur, for those who want to conduct business as an individual, that is, without forming a legal entity.
What is the difference? The fact that legal entities must have an authorized capital and a legal address. An individual entrepreneur is exempt from these conditions, however, there is one important point here - according to the law, an individual entrepreneur must be liable for obligations with all his personal property.

How does an individual entrepreneur differ from a private person working without registration, what is called “for himself”?

Firstly, when registering an individual entrepreneur, the length of service is credited. Secondly, illegal employment is punishable. Well, and thirdly, if the activity is related to the wholesale purchase of goods, then many firms do not provide for deliveries for private traders.

Who can be registered as an individual entrepreneur?

• All adult capable citizens of the Russian Federation;
• Minor citizens recognized as capable by the relevant authorities;
• Minor citizens who have permission to engage in entrepreneurial activities from their parents or guardians;
• Foreigners, with a temporary or permanent Russian residence permit.

Are there any exceptions? Yes, I have! The legislation of the Russian Federation prohibits the opening of individual entrepreneurs to citizens who are in the state and municipal service. For all other working citizens, there are no obstacles in terms of registering an IP.

What you need to open an IP - the first steps!

Registering an individual entrepreneur is not really difficult for you. But first, you will need to take a number of actions that will allow you to carry out the registration procedure without delay in the future.
The fact is that even before submitting documents to the relevant authorities, it is necessary to decide on some fundamental points.

1. Select activities.
There is the All-Russian Classification of Economic Activities (OKVED), in which each type of activity is assigned a specific code. Therefore, the future entrepreneur needs to choose the scope of his activity and, based on this, determine its OKVED code.
An important point: you can specify several codes, but the code of your main activity must be specified first. It is not forbidden to select several codes at once with an eye to the future expansion of activities.
If, in fact, any activities are not carried out, no sanctions from the tax and other structures will follow. And when a favorable moment comes to expand the business, it will not be necessary to go to the tax office again in order to make changes or additions to activity codes.

2. Determine how we will pay taxes.
This issue also needs to be resolved in advance so as not to delay the registration process in the future. The most optimal solution for individual entrepreneurs is the simplified taxation system (STS).
Here it will be necessary to make a choice of the object of taxation. There are two of them: "income" and "income minus expenses." In the first case, the tax rate will be 6% on all your business income. If the second option is chosen, then the rate, depending on the region, will vary from 5 to 15%.
In addition to the simplified tax system, the Patent Taxation System (abbreviated as PSN), the Single Imputed Income Tax (UTII) and some other special tax regimes, depending on the type of activity, may be convenient for individual entrepreneurs.

3. Get a TIN.
It is advisable to obtain a TIN in advance - taxpayer identification number. If it already exists, it’s good, if not, then we submit an application to the tax office at the place of registration to receive it.
Obtaining a TIN can be timed to coincide with the submission of documents for registration of IP, but this may somewhat delay the registration period.

4. Pay the state duty.
For registration of IP, you must pay a state fee. You can do this at any branch of Sberbank. For several years now, the amount of the fee has remained within the limits of 800 rubles. However, you should know that a bill has already been submitted to the State Duma to increase the fee for registering entrepreneurial activities. So it is not surprising if soon this amount will change upwards.

Collection of documents for registration of IP!

So, all the preparatory measures have been taken, we begin to collect together all the documents that are needed to open an IP: a passport, a photocopy of a passport, a receipt for payment of state duty, a TIN and a copy of it, a completed application for registration of an IP - it can be downloaded on the website of the Federal Tax Service (form P21001), or take the form at the nearest tax office.

A few words should be said about completing this application. The fact is that, despite the sufficient simplicity of the form, it is easy to make a mistake in filling it out. Especially carefully you need to fill in the passport data - strictly in accordance with the way they are written in the passport itself!

In addition, blots and typos are strictly not allowed, so be very careful when filling out an application. Everything is not so complicated, especially since there are a lot of sites on the Internet with examples of how to fill out the P21001 form correctly.

The application consists of 5 sheets that must be numbered, stitched and sealed with your signature.
If you personally go to register your individual entrepreneurship, then this stage of preparing documents is over.
If the documents are sent through an intermediary or by mail, notarization of the documents and your signature is required.

Onward to the tax office!

So we came directly to the registration of an individual entrepreneur, that is, to a visit to the tax office. But not the first one that came across, but the one that is located at the place of your official registration. The actual place of residence does not play a role in this.

Example: you are registered in Khabarovsk, but live in Moscow, where you are going to conduct your business. Documents for registration of individual entrepreneurs must be submitted in Khabarovsk! It is in this case that it becomes necessary to resort to the help of e-mail (through special services), intermediaries by proxy or the services of the Russian post.
If there is no permanent residence permit in the passport, it is allowed to issue an IP at the address of temporary registration.
When applying in person to the FTS inspection department at the place of registration, we hand over all prepared documents to the inspector. At the same time, you can apply for the tax system of your choice.
Now is the time to take a breath: your documents will be reviewed within 5 working days from the date of submission.

What you need to open an IP - we get the documents!

And now the waiting period has expired, you go to receive documents. What will be given to you as confirmation of the status of an individual entrepreneur?

1. Document on registration with the tax office
2. Extract from the state register of IP (EGRIP)
3. Certificate of state registration as an individual entrepreneur (OGRNIP)

Also, you can immediately receive documents on registration with the Pension Fund, TFOMS and notification of the assignment of codes in the statistical authorities. If they are not issued by the tax authorities, then you will need to go to all these authorities in order to collect a complete package of all the listed documents.

When the documents are received, you can start doing business as an individual entrepreneur within the types that were indicated.
However, there are cases when, following the results of consideration of documents, citizens are denied opening an IP. In particular, this happens due to incorrectly specified information or an incorrectly completed application. In any case, the refusal must be motivated.
If this happens, then the entire procedure for submitting documents will have to be repeated, while the state duty will need to be paid again, in the same amount.

We open IP - the price of the issue!

The simplest, but also the most expensive way of registering an IP is to delegate the solution of this issue to specialized firms. Employees of such a company will do all the work for you and provide you with a ready-made package of documents. The cost of such services in large cities usually starts from 5,000 rubles.

If you do everything yourself, then the minimum amount of expenses will cost 800 rubles for paying the fee, well, and the cost of photocopies of the necessary documents.
We complicate the options by resorting to the help of intermediaries. Notary services for certification of documents and signatures will cost an average of 400 rubles. It is difficult to translate the services of an intermediary into monetary terms, since if someone close to you solves this problem of yours, then it may not cost you anything, and if you hire someone from the outside, then the price, as they say, will be negotiable.

More options: you decide that you, as an entrepreneur, need a current account and a seal (which is not at all necessary for an individual entrepreneur). In this case, you need to add another 1000 rubles for opening an account and about 500 for making a seal.
If you have carefully read our article, now you know what you need to open an IP. Step by step following our recommendations, it will not be difficult to carry out the entire registration process without anyone's help. Good luck with your own business!