CPF number

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The CPF number (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˌsepeˈɛfi]; short for Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas, 'Physical Persons Register') is the Brazilian individual taxpayer register since its creation in 1965. A CPF number is individually assigned by the Brazilian Federal Revenue to each physical person, whether Brazilian or resident alien who, directly or indirectly, pays taxes in Brazil. It is an 11‑digit number in the format xxx.xxx.xxx-xx, where the last 2 numbers are check digits, generated through an arithmetic operation on the first nine digits. By May 2020, a digital version of the document was available for Android and iOS with the app CPF Digital. In June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, an audit made by the Tribunal de Contas da União (Portuguese for 'Federal Court of Accounts'; TCU) revealed that there were at least 12.5 million more CPFs than the total population. Auditors revealed that in 3.3 million valid entries there was evidence that the individual was already dead. The 2020 audit found more than 78,000 active CPFs of people over 110 years old, while international surveys report that there were only 29 people in this age group in the world by then. During the COVID-19 pandemic, all requests for CPF from new foreign residents were taken virtually. Now, foreign residents can request a CPF only in person at a Brazilian embassy or consulate, depending on availability. Applicants can consult the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website to find the nearest diplomatic mission abroad and verify its jurisdiction and working hours.> Beginning from the state of Santa Catarina in November 2021, the Federal government started implementing a unified register paradigm, whereby the Brazilian identity number is merged into the CPF. By late 2024, the federal government had begun issuing identity cards with the CPF number as the unique identifier in all states—the Carteira...