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Sao Tome and Principe

São Tomé and Príncipe uses the Número de Identificação Fiscal (NIF) as the domestic tax identifier for tax and related onboarding contexts. The NIF is issued by the Direção dos Impostos and appears in individual tax, corporate tax, VAT/e-factura, commercial-activity, bank-account, and tax-obligation contexts.

ST STP 1 TIN type Last reviewed 2026-06-05

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São Tomé and Príncipe Tax Identification Number (NIF)
Current Individuals Entities

Direção dos Impostos (Tax Directorate)

Primary fiscal identifier issued by the Direção dos Impostos and used to identify taxpayers in tax filings, commercial activity, e-factura records, bank-account onboarding, and tax-obligation contexts.

Details
Examples
517000000
Where to find it

On NIF request or registration records, tax declarations, invoices and e-factura records, and Direção dos Impostos or Fazenda Non service contexts.

Common names
NIF Número de Identificação Fiscal
Structure
1-9 Identifier Nine-digit fiscal identifier.
Official source
gov.st impostos.financas.gov.st