Thursday, 06 January 2022 00:13

Ministry of Finance seeks homologation of NIT and DUI to simplify procedures

Written by Evelyn Alas

The Ministry of Finance eliminates bureaucracy and simplifies procedures in different areas such as financial, commercial, labor, personal, among others, by homologating the Número de Identificación Tributaria (NIT) with the Documento Único de Identidad ( (DUI).

With this change, great benefits are foreseen, since all the procedures that salvadorans of legal age used to carry out with the NIT will now be carried out only with their DUI; in addition, it represents savings in time and money by not having to go to the offices of the Ministry of Finance to process said document.

In order to obtain the digital graphic representation of said document, the following online service has been enabled, in addition, they will not have to pay for the modification or replacement of the digital graphic representation of the NIT.

As for natural persons of legal age, they can confirm the automatic replacement of their NIT number with their DUI number.

There are also some exceptions, for example: minors, foreigners and legal entities must process the printed representation of the NIT in this Ministry, which continues to be mandatory in all issuance, replacement and modification procedures of such document.

The initiative of the Minister of Finance, Alejandro Zelaya, which was approved in the Legislative Assembly in Decree No. 203 - 2021 called: Reforms to the Law of Registration and Special Control of Taxpayers to the Treasury.

The General Orientation Guide for the Registration, Modification and Replacement of NIT has been published in the website of the Ministry of Finance.

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