VAT TIN number will be same or will required to take new VAT tin bumber

[Amir Tamboli]

Hi ,

My friend is opening a new firm at bhiwandi but already he is having a firm at mumbai with VAT TIN number.

business nature is same, name of the business is same ,.. just a new branch of it.

is he will get new VAT TIN number or existing Mumbai location's VAT TIN number will ok for new branch of bhiwandi

pls advice.

[Ganeshan Kalyani]

If it is a branch then same VAT TIN. If it is new firm then separate TIN is required.

AI Summary

VAT TIN applicability: a branch may use the existing VAT TIN, a new firm requires a separate VAT TIN. Where an additional location operates as a branch of an existing entity under the same business name, the existing VAT TIN applies; if the new location constitutes a legally distinct new firm, a separate TIN is required. The distinction hinges on business legal identity rather than name or activity.