---
id: "ukutr"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii", "persons"]
country: ["GB"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 58
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ukutr"
---

# Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) (`ukutr`)

A UTR (unique taxpayer reference) number is a 10-digit number completely unique to each and every UK taxpayer.

- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii), Person related (persons)
- Countries: United Kingdom (GB)
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
[0-9]{10}
```

## Mappings

- dpv: `pd:OfficialID`
- google_dlp: `UK_TAXPAYER_REFERENCE`
- purview: `U.K. Unique Taxpayer Reference Number`, `EU Tax Identification Number (TIN)`, `EU Tax identification number`
- schema_org: `taxID`
- stdnum: `gb.utr`

## Metacrafter rules

4 rules: 2 match the field name, 2 match values.

- `ukutrfield` (field, `gb/gb_persons.yaml`)
- `ukutrvalue` (data, `gb/gb_persons.yaml`)
- `gb_pii_ukutrfield` (field, `pii/gb/gb_pii.yaml`)
- `gb_pii_ukutrvalue` (data, `pii/gb/gb_pii.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `amazonmacie`
- `awscomprehend`
- `awsglue`
- `azureailanguage`
- `databricks`
- `dataprep`
- `googledlp`
- `metacrafter`
- `microsoftpurview`
- `nightfall`
- `pythonstdnum`

## Sources

- other: <https://www.gov.uk/find-lost-utr-number>

## Quality

Score 58/100. Missing: anchored regexp, examples, negative example, authoritative source link, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/ukutr.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/GB/persons/ukutr.yaml>