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NIT

Also known as: Número de Identificación Tributaria

Definition

NIT (Número de Identificación Tributaria) is the ID DIAN assigns in Colombia to companies and to individuals with tax obligations. It includes a check digit at the end, separated by a dash.

LATAM context

For companies, the NIT is what they invoice, file and open business bank accounts with. For individuals it usually matches their national ID number plus a check digit. That final digit is frequently dropped when capturing it, and that's a common cause of rejection in electronic invoicing and bank records.

Concrete example

A company NIT is written as 900123456-7, where the 7 is the check digit.

How it shows up on your bank statement

On Colombian business account statements, the NIT appears in the header next to the company name. Inside transactions it shows up mainly in payments to entities and in collections, where the descriptor includes the beneficiary's NIT.

How does finO$ handle this?

finO$ reads the account holder's NIT from the statement header. That's useful for accounting firms managing several companies that need to route each file to the right client without opening it.

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Frequently asked questions about NIT

Is the NIT the same as a Colombian ID number?

For an individual, the NIT is built from the ID number plus a check digit. For a company, it's its own number assigned at registration, unrelated to any personal document.

Why does my NIT get rejected if the number is correct?

Almost always the check digit: either it got dropped, or it was typed as part of the main number. Since it's separated by a dash, it's easy to lose when copying from a document.