While Stripe can verify most business entities programatically, it will always need to collect additional documentation in order to verify unincorporated entities, partnerships and non-profits.
For the US, please refer to Tax ID verification guidelines by business type in the US.
All document types per country listed in Acceptable verification documents can be uploaded via your Dashboard in order to verify your unincorporated entity, partnership or non-profit.
There are also country-specific unincorporated entity/partnership/non-profit documents that can be considered. You'll find a non-exhaustive list below:
| Country | Description |
| Austria | Justiz Extract |
| Austria | Vereinsregister Extract |
| Belgium | Copie à publier aux annexes au Moniteur belge |
| Canada | Documents that you can rely on to confirm the existence of an entity other than a corporation: • a partnership agreement • articles of association • any other similar record that confirms the existence of the entity • letter or notice of assessment from a municipal, provincial, territorial or federal government |
| France | URSSAF extract SIRENE extract |
| Germany | Gewerbe-Anmeldung (GewA 1) |
| Italy | Agenzia Entrate Certificato di Attribuzione del Codice Fiscale |
| Portugal | Instituto dos Registos e Notariado (IRN) card or extract |
If none of the document types listed in Acceptable verification documents by country are available for your unincorporated entity, partnership or non-profit, Stripe will instead need you to provide one of the following documents that contains the name and address of your unincorporated entity, partnership or non-profit:
Non-profit establishment document
Partnerships registration document (e.g. GewA1)
Government-issued document (e.g. document evidencing tax-exempt status)
Bank statement
Utility bill
Due to the highly sensitive nature of your verification documents, Stripe can only accept documents which are uploaded via the Dashboard. Documents must not be sent by email.
You can upload your document in your Dashboard under Proof of business upload.
In some countries, the possibility to onboard as a non-profit is not available in onboarding forms or on the Tax information page of your Dashboard. In these cases, you can onboard with either a company (if incorporated) or an individual (if not incorporated).
In cases where your unincorporated entity, partnership or non-profit does not have a tax ID, another ID number identifying your legal entity and appearing on your uploaded verification documents can be considered, such as a charity registration number.
For Australia and New Zealand, a business registration number (ABN) is typically required for unincorporated entities, including non-profits.
If no other IDs are available, zero-fill the tax ID field in the Dashboard on the Tax information page.