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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Suriname and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: Issued on VAT registration certificate (BTW-registratiebewijs); replaces legacy TOT number. Registration number: Assigned at registration; appears on Uittreksel Handelsregister extract. Format: numeric file number.

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Sector regulators

CBvS · FIU Suriname/MOT · KKF

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How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

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Documents to collect

The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: KKF extract confirming legal existence, registration number, registered address, and directors.
  • Constitutive Documents: Notarial deed plus articles (statuten) required for N.V.; notarial deed mandatory for any amendment.
  • Tax Registration: VAT registration certificate issued by Belastingdienst Suriname carrying the FIN; mandatory for BTW-liable businesses.
  • Operating Permit: Issued by Business Licenses Department, Ministry of Economic Affairs; valid 3 years; required for companies in designated regulated sectors.
  • Sector-Specific License: CBvS licenses for banks, insurance, pension funds, money exchange, money transfer, and securities firms; FIU registration required for non-bank financial intermediaries.
  • Ownership Records: N.V. must maintain a shareholders register; publicly traded shares excepted.
  • Governance Records: Directors (directeuren) listed in the KKF Handelsregister extract; N.V. may have an optional Raad van Commissarissen (supervisory board) whose members are also listed.
  • Signing Authority: Board resolution (bestuursbesluit) by the N.V. directors; or a notarially executed power of attorney (notariële volmacht).
  • Address: Lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
  • Good Standing: KKF does not issue a separate good-standing certificate; a recently-dated Uittreksel Handelsregister (with annual-contribution stamp confirming active registration) is the functional equivalent in this subsumed-by-extract jurisdiction.

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Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their role to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

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Notes

  • No B.V. structure. The private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap) does not exist in Surinamese law; the N.V. is the sole share-capital vehicle. Do not accept B.V. formations as valid local entities.
  • New Civil Code + Handelsregisterwet in effect from 2025-05-01. S.B. 2024 nos. 164 and 169 replaced the Burgerlijk Wetboek and the 1936 Trade Register ordinance; the presidential “verklaring van geen bezwaar” for standard-statute N.V.s is abolished. Existing N.V.s continue under transitional rules.
  • VAT introduced January 2023; FIN replaces legacy TOT number. Businesses incorporated before 2023 may carry both legacy TOT numbers and the new FIN. Collect the FIN from the BTW-registratiebewijs.
  • Apostille party by succession. Suriname is a contracting party to the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention (entry into force 1975-11-25; succession declared 1976-10-29). Documents certified with apostille are accepted internationally.