Beneficial Owners with no PPSN

Beneficial Owners with no PPSN

The Registrar of Beneficial Ownership is obliged by law to verify the identity of beneficial owners in order to comply with the EU’s Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive that requires the register to be “adequate, accurate and current”.

For beneficial owners who do not have a PPSN, the Registrar has determined that an Identified Person Number (IPN) can be used.

An IPN is issued by the CRO after a VIF has been successfully completed on CORE and the number can be used when filing any relevant CRO/RBO document(s).

Please direct any questions on IPNs to directorid@cro.ie.

Identified Person Number

An Identified Person Number (IPN) is a filing number reserved for non-resident company directors or beneficial owners of Irish companies and is applied for via CORE.ie.

The IPN route is not open to any Irish citizen who is resident in the state, either on a full time or part time basis. A person in this category is entitled to and must obtain a PPS number to file with the CRO and RBO.

Furthermore if as an Irish Citizen you were born or have ever lived in the State you may already have a PPS number and this can be checked with the Department of Social Protection at cis@welfare.ie