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Definition
A tax number, in Peru, assigned to legal and natural persons alike. The RUC number (número de registro unico de contribuyentes) is 11 digits long.
Use
Customizing
Enter your company's own RUC numbers in Customizing for Financial Accounting, under Financial Accounting Global Settings ® Company Code ® Enter Global Parameters. Before you can do so, you must set up this field as described in
Setting Up the Tax Number Field.In addition, customize the system so that it automatically checks the tax numbers of any Peruvian customers or vendors that you enter against the check digit (see
Activating the Automatic Tax Number Checks). In Peru, you are required to use this check by law.Master Data
Enter your customers’ and vendors’ RUC numbers in their master records, in the Tax Number 1 field on the Control Data tab (customers) or on the Control Data screen (vendors) (see
Creating a Customer Master Record Centrally and
Creating a Vendor Master Record Centrally).
For some natural persons, the RUC number does not include a check digit. In this case, deactivate the check by selecting Natural Person in the customer's or vendor's master data.
