NIC
TERMNational Informatics Centre
Indian government technology organisation associated with GST e-invoice and e-way bill portal infrastructure, including NIC-IRP and the e-way bill system.
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Global Fiscalisation Terminology Reference
A common language for fiscalisation, digital tax control, e-invoicing and e-reporting — built to make cross-jurisdiction discussion clearer and more precise.
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NIC
TERMNuméro Interne de Classement | Internal Classification Number
French 5-digit establishment-level identifier assigned within the SIRENE register and used as the establishment component of the SIRET number.
NIC-IRP / e-Invoice 1 Portal
TERMNIC Invoice Registration Portal / GST e-Invoice 1 Portal
NIC-operated Invoice Registration Portal used for GST e-invoice reporting, validation and IRN generation.
NID
TERMNumri i Identifikimit | National Identification Number
Albanian individual identification number used as the tax identification number for individuals.
NIF
TERMNuméro d’Identification Fiscale | Tax Identification Number
Mauritanian fiscal identification number used for taxpayer identification, including STT enrolment and online tax-service access.
NIF
TERMNuméro d’Identification Fiscale | Tax Identification Number
Algerian fiscal identification number used to identify taxpayers in tax-registration, tax-service and business-document contexts.
NIF
TERMNuméro d’Identification Fiscale | Tax Identification Number
Burundian tax identification number issued by OBR and used for taxpayer registration, taxpayer identification, tax administration and fiscal-document contexts.
NIF
TERMNuméro d’Identification Fiscale | Tax Identification Number
Unique taxpayer identification number assigned through fiscal registration and used for dealings with the tax administration and other public administrations.
NIF
TERMNúmero de Identificação Fiscal | Tax Identification Number
Portuguese tax identification number used for taxpayer identification, invoice communication, e-Fatura records and fiscal-document reporting.
NIF
TERMNuméro d’Identification Fiscale | Tax Identification Number
Nigerien taxpayer identification number used for tax administration and taxpayer access to DGI digital services, including e-SECeF and SyGMEF user-identification contexts.
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