The Single Tax Registry also known as the RUT, is a mechanism to identify people who file income taxes and those who do not file. Therefore, it is a duty for all citizens to keep all their information updated, which they can do through the DIAN online services , performing any type of procedure in a way online .
The update process must be done as long as the citizen presents a change in their personal information, this may be a change in economic activity, telephone number, address of address, email, among others, if this is the case, the citizen will have to update their data no later than the month following any of these changes.
It is important to mention that this is a mandatory process and that all citizens must comply, otherwise they could be involved in sanctions by the DIAN, who are responsible for establishing fines. So, here we are going to explain how you can perform this RUT update virtually.
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What is the RUT and what is it for?
The RUT or Single Tax Registry , is a mechanism that allows to identify, locate and classify people and entities that have quality as taxpayers and non-taxpayers of income taxes .
As well as income and wealth declarers, those responsible for the common regime, belonging to the simplified regime, importers, exporters, withholding agents, and all other customs users. Therefore, in order to create and register the RUT each citizen requires an enrollment in the system.
But , is this useful for citizens? A person, whether natural or legal, obtains some benefits at the time of enrolling in the RUT , as it is be able to guarantee and identify each one of its economic activities before third parties with whom it may establish a commercial, economic or labor relationship. In addition, having this document reflects the formal tax obligations before the Colombian State.
On the other hand, this mechanism allows the DIAN to be able to have a better control with all the people forced to register in the system. Since once citizens provide truthful information , updated and classified will make it easier for them to control the tax, customs and exchange obligations , as well as for the application of procedures and cost reduction.
On the other hand, the DIAN has made some clarifications on this procedure for individuals declaring income tax:
- All natural clients have been informed to declare income tax that for now it is not necessary to have updated the RUT for the presentation of the statement. However, if it is mandatory to have a copy of it no matter if it is up to date.
- All citizens are reminded that proof of enrollment or update of the RUT is form 001 with the caption “Copy Certificate Document without Cost” or “Certificate Document without Cost” regardless of the date it was generated.
- The DIAN has recommended to its users that before attending a contact point for the update of the RUT, first verify on the official DIAN website the following points:
- “Consultations section Frequent ”
- “ RUT Modifying Acts ”
- “ Subdirectorate of Customer Assistance Management ”
- « Income Taxable 2013 ”
- “RUT Office Updates”
- “Declare and pay rent”
- All natural persons that may act Update your data through the official website of the Single Tax Registry. The publication of this service will be informed to the citizens in due course.
- If you need to register in the RUT , you can do it through the official DIAN site . In case you find it difficult to do it online, you can directly attend your nearest point of contact.
- If you want to update the RUT , you can only do the online system for natural persons or for those who have the digital mechanism assigned by the
Steps to update the RUT online through the portal for natural persons and avoid queues
In order to update the RUT it is important to mention that it does not matter on what date it is made, it is also a totally free service and can be done through the Internet any time. This process is completely simple and quick to perform, so it does not become a tedious process to do.
It should be noted that it is not mandatory to do it only via online, in case the citizen has problems accessing the Internet, he can approach a checkpoint and update the data face-to-face form.
It is important to mention that in the case that the person cannot do it directly, you can carry out this procedure through a duly accredited , only by approaching the nearest office of your residence .
In the event that the client decides to perform this update online, they must perform each of the steps that we will explain below:
- The first thing you will have to do is enlist the documents and comply with the requirements, in this case you must have your identity document at hand.
- Ten Please note that in order to update the RUT you must be previously registered on the DIAN page.
- If you are not registered in this portal you must enter this link and then enter the “New users” option to enable your account.
- You must now complete the data that appears in the window and “Login” in the Muisca online services.
- Once you are logged in you should choose the option of “Update Ruth”.
- When you have chosen this option you will see two new informative notices, you must select allowedContinuarnial.
- Then you will see a RUT format , in it you must make all the modifications you deem necessary.
- At the bottom of the computer screen the following options will appear in this order “Draft, Select sheet, Send, Formalize, PDF File, Exit. ”
- Once you have finished completing all the data for the update of the information you must click on the requiredBorradorrd.
- option Then click on “Send”, there should appear a notice informing you that the update has been sent successfully.
- Finally, you must generate the PDF file, to you must click on this option, once this file has been generated you must click on the option of beforeExit.. /
In this way the RUT data update process will be completed. As you can see it is a fairly simple and quick process to do which will not take you long. In addition, you avoid running the risk of being sanctioned by the DIAN , which can cause you problems and wasted time. You can see how to find anyone on the RUT from here.