Obtaining tax registration without a permanent address
Obtaining a mandatory tax identification number for online selling without owning a property or having a formal rent agreement.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Using alternative e-commerce platforms that do not strictly require tax registration for interstate sales
- 2Attempting to register using a parent's name or address
- 3Operating out of a hostel or temporary residence without a formal lease
- 4Trying to find alternative forms of verification accepted by specific banks
- 5Switching to a different bank that may have less rigid address requirements
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I recently opened an LLC and am looking to open a business bank account. I chose Wells Fargo and I have all required documents for my LLC except they require proof of address.”source ↗
“Since it’s a virtual address, I don’t really have any utility bill or anything to provide them.”source ↗
“They’tsay they can’t use my personal address either since it needs to match the certificate of formation.”source ↗
“the biggest problem is me getting a GST myself.”source ↗
“I am having trouble in the rent agreement thing as nobody is agreeing to give me one”source ↗
“Yeah I am in a rented hostel and there's no contract or anything and they won't allow me to do buisness here”source ↗
“The address I will add on my gst is non existent currently (I have no personal house or property or anything I don't have a shop to.my name nothing)”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
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- 3Can I get a loan with unfiled tax returns?
- 2How to replace a lost passport without proof of citizenship