How to obtain the CUIT: step by step to manage it from the web

Those who are about to enter the world of legal work must manage the registration of the SEWING and the Tax key of the AFIP to identify themselves as self-employed workers with that organization. The process is free and can be done easily from the web.

TO get the CUIT online You will have to go to the website of the Federal Public Revenue Administration (AFIP) and enter with your Tax Code (If you don’t have it, you will have to generate it on the same site).

Then, You will need to enter the following personal data requested by the system: The real address (the address that appears on the DNI, postal code, street, number and additional information if applicable), added to a photo of the front and back of the DNI. The cost of the procedure is free.

However, Registering with CUIT does not mean starting to have tax obligations with AFIP. This will only happen when the person “registers for Taxes or Regimes through the AFIP website, meets all required requirements and obtains the Form 420/T Registration of Taxes/Regimes in exchange for the transaction”.

According to the definition of the AFIP, “the Unique Tax Identification Number (CUIT) is a code with which the AFIP identifies self-employed workers, businesses and companies and is used for registration in taxes, information, perception and other regimes regulated by AFIP and mandatory for the development of economic activities”.

Step by step, How to obtain the CUIT online as explained by AFIP on its web portal:

1. Enter with your CUIL and tax code from our website. If you don’t have or don’t remember your tax code, enter the Tax Code Microsite to see how to resolve it.
2. Enter the Digital Presentations service. If you don’t have it enabled, add it.
3. Next, enter and generate a “NEW DIGITAL PRESENTATION” and select the procedure “HIGH CUIT FOR HUMAN PEOPLE – SPECIAL SITUATIONS” or “SUCCESSIONS – TAX KEY CONNECTION, CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION AND OTHERS”, as appropriate.
4. In REQUIREMENTS you can find out what documentation we require for that particular procedure.
5. Then the agency that corresponds to your tax address will appear. If you don’t have one by default because you don’t have an agency, you need to select one from the list, preferably the one closest to your home.

Who can’t complete registration digitally?

Although the procedure can be performed quickly and easily on the web, people who fall into one of the following cases will need to access the Digital Presentations service, since only in these cases is the procedure performed in person:

• You do not have an Argentine ID card and are processing residency.
• You have a valid ID with no expiration date.
• You want to register an undivided succession.
• You are a minor.

CUIT Digital Limited

Those who have already completed digital registration and have limited CUIT will need to manage the process from the Digital Presentations service to reactivate it. You will only need: the CUIT, CUIL or CDI number, a Tax Code with security level 2 or higher and an Electronic Tax Address.

“If limited CUIT occurs due to any observation regarding the CUIT registration process, the data reported – or the attached documentation – will need to be corrected to restore active status and be able to use the services without limitations. You will be able to verify that you ask to compensate by entering the Registry Service with the same CUIT and tax code. Once the correction has been made, you will have to wait for the systemic resolution”, specifies the AFIP on its website.