UK Government Data Standards Catalogue

Metadata Value
Data Element

Unique Tax Reference Number

Is Part Of
Person Identifiers
Has Parts  
Version 2.0 
Status Release 
Previous Versions  
Later Versions  
Date Agreed 1 January 2002

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Name

Unique Tax Reference Number

Description A reference number issued by the Inland Revenue that uniquely identifies a particular taxpayer.
Business Format 10 digits
Element Type Data Item
XML Schema
View whole schema document Citizen Identification Types as XML
View definition UniqueTaxReferenceType as HTML
Validations
1. Must be numeric.
2. The first digit is a check digit.
3. Must be a unique number.
Value
DefaultValue
Owner Inland Revenue
Based On Inland Revenue
Verification
Comment
  • Each reference number is randomly generated.