How to correct invalid company registration numbers, trust numbers, id numbers and tax numbers

1. Company Registration Number
2. Trust Registration Number
3. Tax Number
4. ID Number

1. Company Registration Number

A valid South African Company Registration Number needs to be in the following format: CCYY/MMNNNNN/NN. When selecting a donor type make sure that “company” is selected, as shown below.

NB: The format for registration numbers will be the same for NPC’s and CC’s.

Examples of invalid Company Registration Numbers:

2. Trust Registration Number

A valid South African Trust Registration Number needs to be in the following format: ITNNNN/CCYY. When selecting a donor type make sure that “trust” is selected, as shown below.

3. Tax Number

A valid South African Income Tax Number needs to have 10 digits and can only start with 0, 1, 2, 3, or 9.

Examples of invalid Tax Numbers:

Numbers starting with “4” are VAT Numbers.

Numbers Starting with “7” are PAYE Numbers.

4. Identity Number

A valid South African Identity Number needs to be 13 digits in the following format: YYMMDDSSSSCAZ

• The first 6 digits [YYMMDD] are the date of birth. 10 May 1994 is displayed as 940510.
• The next 4 digits [SSSS] are used to define your gender. Females are assigned numbers in the range 0000 – 4999 and males from 5000 – 9999.
• The next digit [C] indicates the South African citizen status with 0 meaning South African citizen. 1 means permanent resident and 2 means refugee.
• The last digit [Z] is a checksum digit – used to check that the number sequence is accurate using a set formula called the Luhn algorithm.

Examples of invalid Identity Numbers: