Peru
Validate tax registration numbers as per Peru's validation rule. All businesses in Peru are assigned a 11 -digit global unique identifier called Peru PE VAT.
Ensure that the following details are correct for Peru AT VAT:
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Validation Type: ORA_PE_RUC
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Description: Peru RUC Validation for Company, Regular Person, and Foreigner
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Number of digits: 11
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Format: Only numeric characters are allowed
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The first 2 digits of the 11-digit RUC determines the type of entity
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First 2 digits is "10", the entity is a regular person
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First 2 digits is "20", it entity is a company
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First 2 digit is "16", it used to be a valid number, but no longer used
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First 2 digit is "17", it's either an old RUC from 1993-2000 OR the entity is a foreigner/others
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The next 8 are considered the
Documento Nacional de Identidad "DNI" (identity number)
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Check digits: Yes, 11th digit (last digit)
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Check Digit Validation: The RUC is validated using the "Module 11" rule.
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Each number of the RUC is multiplied starting from left to right with 5, 4, 3, 2, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.
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Then sum all the results.
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The result has to be divided by 11 (the name of the Module)
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After the division, the remaining is subtracted by 11 (11- remaining of the division)
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If the result is over 0 and less than 10, that's the verifying number we are looking for
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If the result is 0 or 10, the verifying digit is 1
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Default Validation: ORA_PE_RUC
Example:
Good:
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20503644968
Bad:
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ARF%34567
(Invalid format - only numbers are allowed) -
20503644961 (Invalid check digit)