---
id: "ph_tin"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["finances", "pii"]
country: ["PH"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 75
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ph_tin"
---

# Philippine taxpayer identification number (TIN) (`ph_tin`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Taxpayer Identification Number issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue to individuals and businesses in the Philippines. The TIN proper has nine digits, written as three groups of three. A branch code may follow it; the head office uses zeros. Revenue Regulations 11-2008 describe a 9 to 13 digit code with a 4-digit branch code, older rules a 3-digit one, and newer forms show 5 digits.

- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Finances and banking (finances), Personally identifiable information (pii)
- Countries: Philippines (PH)
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^\d{3}[- ]?\d{3}[- ]?\d{3}(?:[- ]?\d{3,5})?$
```

## Examples

- `214-735-680-000` — Synthetic value with the 3-digit head office branch code
- `214735680` — Synthetic value without a branch code
- `214-735-680-00000` — Synthetic value with the 5-digit head office branch code
- `214-735-68` (invalid example) — Only eight digits in the TIN proper

## Sources

- doc: <https://dev.lawyerly.ph/laws/56964>
- other: <https://www.odoo.com/documentation/16.0/applications/finance/fiscal_localizations/philippines.html>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/ph_tin.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/PH/finances/ph_tin.yaml>