First, read my mega-instructions for registering an individual entrepreneur. Now let's talk about OKVED. Since you are going to conduct certain activities after registration, you need to know that each species has an OKVED code. You can choose up to 50 of these codes, so many people choose in advance not only those that are needed right now, but also those that may be useful in the near future. But in any case, it is not difficult to add or remove the OKVED code, for this you just need to submit an application to the tax.
The list of OKVED codes is huge, so it will not be easy to understand it from scratch, especially since not everything is as obvious as we would like. The codes are classified and divided into categories, you can see the description of each code on various sites.
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Selection of OKVED-2 code
Changes from 2017
Since 2017, when registering an individual entrepreneur, you must specify the codes from the new OKVED (OK 029-2014).
For those who have already registered an individual entrepreneur using the old codes, nothing needs to be changed. This will be done by the tax services on their own, automatically convert codes according to the new classifier.
Since mid-2016, OKVED codes have changed, since the old classifier is already from 2001 and is very outdated. This is especially true for IT activities. If you look at old collections of codes, you will see that there is often no explicit indication of modern professions, most often it is «other activities». But the new classifier hasn't gone far.
How to find out your OKVED code
I would recommend registering with the My Business service and using their free wizard for preparing documents for registering an individual entrepreneur. There, in one of the steps, there will be a choice of OKVED codes. They are there conveniently distributed according to the types of activities of individual entrepreneurs. I did everything there, and then I read it on the forums, everything coincided.
OKVED codes for individual entrepreneurs with a classifier can be found on the Internet on many sites, they are repeated. Next, select the required section by name (from A to U) and the class in it (from 01 to 99), inside the class see subclasses (like XX.X), and they will already have codes containing 4-6 digits (like XX. XX or XX.XX.X or XX.XX.XX). For a detailed description of the activities of each specific code, you can select the necessary.
For example, see section J, which is called «Information and communication activities». It has class OKVED 63 «Information technology activities». In which, in turn, there are two subclasses and many codes. We look at the description and select, for example, code 63.11. And we indicate it in our application.
OKVED-2 codes, section J
If, in principle, you cannot attribute your activity to something, then you can read on the forums what others choose.
Important points
- During the registration of an Individual Entrepreneur, the application must indicate codes with at least 4 characters of each code. Thus, you can specify codes, either groups XX.XX, or subgroups XX.XX.X, or a specific type of activity XX.XX.XX.
- Specifying 6-character specific activities is optional. You can specify only group XX.XX, in this case you will be able to carry out all types of activities that are included in this group.
- You can write in the application an unlimited number of OKVED codes, so to speak, in reserve. Many people do this, this is a common practice, because it is difficult for a freelancer to predict in advance what else he will be doing. But in any case, then it will be easy to add a new code if you do not already have it..
- Of all the codes you write, you will need to choose one main one. According to it, you must have at least 60% of your income. But how is it checked, and is it checked, the question is.
- Some of the OKVED codes are subject to licensing, but you need to obtain a license only before starting real activities. Until then, they can simply be yours. By the way, a license is not required for travel agencies, but travel agencies and tour operators are different things..
- For some types of activities, it will be necessary to send a notification to the supervisory authorities: Roszdravnadzor (social services), Rospotrebnadzor (trade, consumer services, catering), Rostransnadzor (transportation services, road freight transport activities). But all this activity, as a rule, has nothing to do with freelancing. More details here in this resolution. You need to notify one day before the start of such activity.
Description of some codes OKVED-2
Below I have collected those OKVED codes that, in my opinion, are most needed by all sorts of freelancers, travel guides who rent out their apartments, and website owners (from bloggers to large portals). You can make your own set yourself. I recommend reading a detailed description of each specific code, I will not give them here, only the names of the codes.
Honestly, we should have kind of simplified all these codes and made them normal for IT people, but again the devil will break his leg. It is not immediately clear where to attribute the usual owner of a website who hosts advertisements and, in fact, provides placement services, either informational or advertising. These are codes 63.
CLASS 62
OKVED code 62.01 - Development of computer software and sites
This class includes:
- software development, modernization, testing and support
This class includes:
- development of the structure and content and / or writing of a computer program necessary for the creation and implementation of the task, including: system software (including updates and fixes), software applications (including updates and fixes), databases , web pages;
- software setting, i.e. making changes and configuring an existing application so that it functions within the customer's information system
This class does not include:
- publishing of software packages, see 58.29
- translation or adaptation of general-use software for a specific market at its own expense, see 58.29 OKVED code;
- planning and design of computer systems that integrate computer hardware, software and data transmission technologies, even if the software is provided as an integral part, see 62.02
OKVED code 62.02 - Advisory activities and work in the field of computer technology
This class includes:
- planning and design of computer systems that combine computer hardware, software and data transmission technologies
Services may include appropriate user training
This class does not include:
- sale of computer hardware or software, see 46.51, 47.41
- installation of mainframes and analog computers, see 33.20
- installation (configuration) of personal computers, see OKVED code 62.09;
- installation of software for restoring a computer after a failure, see OKVED code 62.09
CLASS 63
OKVED code 63.11 - Data processing activities, provision of services for the placement of information and related activities
This class includes:
- creation of infrastructure for hosting;
- services in the field of data processing and activities related to data processing;
- Carrying out special actions, such as: web hosting, streaming services;
- interactive provision of software (provision of application hosting, provision of application programs);
- application services;
- general provision of distributed over time technical computer facilities to customers;
- data processing: full processing of the data provided by the customer;
- creation of special reports based on the data provided by the customer;
- provision of data entry services
This class does not include:
- activities in which the user uses computers only as a tool, it should be classified in a grouping in accordance with the nature of the services provided
OKVED code 63.12 - Activity of web portals
This class includes:
- operation of websites using a search engine to create and maintain an extensive database of Internet addresses, contained in an easily accessible form;
- operation of other websites that act as portals of the information and communication network of the Internet (for example, media sites offering periodically updated content, media posted on the Internet)
This class does not include:
- publishing of books, newspapers, magazines, etc. via the Internet information and communication network, see Class 58;
- broadcasting via the Internet information and communication network, see Class 60
OKVED code 63.91 - Activities of news agencies
This class includes:
- activities of news agencies: collecting, processing information, producing and distributing news materials, photographs and other information materials, providing scientific and technical, legal, statistical, socio-economic, financial, commercial, industry and other information;
- activities of journalists and photo reporters
This class does not include:
- activities of independent press photographers, see 74.20 OKVED code;
- activities of independent journalists, see 90.03 OKVED code
CLASS 68
OKVED code 68.20 - Rent and management of own or leased real estate
This class includes:
- lease and operation of own or leased real estate: apartment buildings and other residential buildings, apartments, non-residential buildings and premises, including exhibition halls and warehouses, land plots;
- leasing of houses, furnished and unfurnished apartments or multi-family premises intended for long-term residence, usually on a monthly or annual basis
This class also includes:
- construction of buildings for own use;
- operation of parking lots for mobile homes
CLASS 73
OKVED code 73.11 - Activities of advertising agencies
This class includes:
- provision of all types of advertising services (through subcontracting), including consulting, creative services, production of advertising materials and procurement
It also includes:
- preparation and implementation of advertising campaigns: preparation and placement of advertising materials in newspapers, periodicals, on radio, television, on the information and communication network Internet and other media, preparation and placement of advertising, for example, on billboards, billboards, stands for posters and announcements, in shop windows, in showrooms, advertising on cars and buses, etc., air advertising, distribution or delivery of advertising materials or test samples, preparation of stands and other demonstration materials and sites;
- conducting marketing research and other advertising services aimed at attracting and retaining customers, product promotions, marketing research of points of sale, targeted mailing of advertising materials, marketing consulting
OKVED code 73.12 - Advertising in the media by selling time and space for advertising
This class includes:
- advertising in the media by selling time and space for advertising
CLASS 74.
OKVED code 74.10 - Specialized activities in the field of design
This class includes:
- modeling of textiles, clothing, footwear, jewelry, furniture, other interior items, fashion products, as well as other personal and household goods;
- industrial design, with the creation and development of projects and specifications that optimize the use, cost and appearance of products, including the choice of materials, mechanisms, shapes, colors and surface finishes of products, taking into account the existing demand, safety requirements and market needs for distribution, use and service;
- provision of services of graphic designers;
- provision of interior decorator services
This class does not include:
- design and programming of web pages in the information and communication network Internet, see OKVED code 62.01;
- architectural design, see 71.11 OKVED code;
- engineering design, i.e. application of the laws of physics and the rules of engineering in the design of machines, materials, tools, structures, processes and systems, see 71.12
OKVED code 74.20 - Activities in the field of photography
This class includes:
- activities in the field of photography for commercial purposes: portrait photographs for documents, school and wedding photographs, etc., photographs for advertising purposes, publishing organizations, fashion magazines, real estate or tourism; aerial photography; video filming of ceremonies: weddings, meetings, etc .;
- processing of photographic films: developing, printing and enlarging from photographs, negatives or films taken by clients, laboratories for developing film and printing photographs, instant photography, placing transparencies in frames, creating slides, reshooting, restoring or retouching photographs;
- activities of photojournalists
This class also includes:
- micro photography of documents
OKVED code 74.30 - Translation and interpretation activities
CLASS 79.
OKVED code 79.11 - Activities of travel agencies
This class includes:
- activities of agencies, primarily engaged in the sale of travel, tours, transportation and placement on a wholesale or retail basis of individuals and commercial clients
OKVED code 79.90 - Booking services and related activities
This class includes:
- other tourist services related to booking: places in transport, hotels, restaurants, car rental points, entertainment and sports grounds, etc.;
- provision of other services related to the pre-order service;
- sale of tickets for theater, sports and other entertainment events and events;
- services to provide support and assistance to visitors: providing information on tours, services of tourist guides, activities aimed at the development of tourism
This class does not include:
- activities of travel agencies and tour operators, see 79.11 OKVED code, 79.12 OKVED code;
- organization of meetings, meetings and conferences, see 82.30 OKVED Code
CLASS 90
OKVED code 90.03 - Activities in the field of artistic creativity (journalists, writers, etc.)
This class includes:
- activities of sculptors, painters, animators, engravers, etchers, etc., working individually;
- the activities of writers working on an individual basis in the field of fiction, technical literature and all other genres, working individually;
- activities of independent journalists;
- activities for the restoration of works of art (paintings, sculptures, etc.)
This class does not include:
- making of statues, excluding artistic originals, see 23.70
- restoration of organs and other musical instruments of historical value, see 33.19 OKVED code;
- production of motion pictures and video films, see 59.11 OKVED Code, 59.12 OKVED Code
- restoration of furniture (except for the restoration of museum exhibits), see OKVED code 95.24
Selection of OKVED-2 codes by type of activity
Below you will see a selection of codes that it makes sense to choose for one or another freelance-related activity or so. That is, it is advisable to indicate not one code, but a dozen at once, just in case, because there is still no clarity and you have to choose similar codes.
OKVED Creation and development of sites
[62.09] Activities related to the use of computers and information technology, other
[63.11] Data processing, hosting and related activities
[73.11] Activities of advertising agencies
[74.90.9] Information security activities
[74.90.91] Activities for the development of information security tools
[74.90.92] Activities for the development of information and telecommunication systems protected using information security tools
[74.90.99] Other information security activities
[96.09] Provision of other personal services not included in other groups
OKVED Sale of links (from the site)
[61.10.3] Activities for the provision of data transmission services and services for access to the information and communication network Internet
[62.09] Activities related to the use of computers and information technology, other
[62.03.19] Other computer equipment management activities n.e.c.
[73.11] Activities of advertising agencies
[63.11] Data processing, hosting and related activities
[63.11.1] Activities for the creation and use of databases and information resources
[62.01] Development of computer software
[61.90] Other activities in the field of telecommunications
OKVED Website promotion and SEO
[63.12] Activity of web portals
[63.12.1] Activities of online publications
[62.09] Activities related to the use of computers and information technology, other
[63.11] Data processing, hosting and related activities
[63.11.1] Activities for the creation and use of databases and information resources
[63.11.9] Activities for the provision of services for the placement of information other
[58.19] Other publishing activities
[73.11] Activities of advertising agencies
[82.19] Photocopying and document preparation activities and other specialized office support activities
OKVED Journalism, Copywriting
[63.11] Data processing, hosting and related activities
[63.11.1] Activities for the creation and use of databases and information resources
[63.11.9] Activities for the provision of services for the placement of information other
[62.09] Activities related to the use of computers and information technology, other
[58.19] Other publishing activities
[73.11] Activities of advertising agencies
[82.19] Photocopying and document preparation activities and other specialized office support activities
[58.14] Publishing of magazines and periodicals
[61.10.3] Activities for the provision of data transmission services and services for access to the information and communication network Internet
[63.91] Activities of news agencies
[63.99] Other information service activities n.e.c.
OKVED Tourism (travel agency, travel agent)
[79.11] Activities of travel agencies
[79.12] Activities of tour operators
[79.90] Other booking services and related activities
[79.90.1] Tourism information service activities
[79.90.2] Activities for the provision of excursion tourism services
[79.90.21] Activities of travel agencies for the provision of excursion travel services
[79.90.22] Activities of independent guides and guides in the provision of excursion tourist services
[79.90.3] Activities for the provision of travel services related to booking
[79.90.31] Activities for booking tickets for cultural and entertainment events
[79.90.32] Activities for the provision of other services related to the reservations service
OKVED Translations
[74.30] Translation and interpretation activities
[82.19] Photocopying and document preparation activities and other specialized office support activities
[82.99] Other business support services activities n.e.c.
[63.11] Data processing, hosting and related activities
OKVED Design (Internet, advertising)
[74.10] Specialized activities in the field of design
[62.09] Activities related to the use of computers and information technology, other
[90.03] Activities in the field of artistic creation
[18.12] Other types of printing activities
[58.11.1] Publication of books, brochures, advertising booklets and similar publications, including the publication of dictionaries and encyclopedias, including for the blind, in printed form
[58.11.2] Publishing of books, brochures, advertising booklets and similar publications, including the publication of dictionaries and encyclopedias on electronic media
[74.20] Photographic activities
OKVED Tutoring services, training
[85.30] Professional training
[85.41] Additional education for children and adults
[85.42] Additional vocational education
[62.02.3] User training activities
OKVED Renting out apartments and offices
[68.20] Renting and operating of own or leased real estate
[68.20.1] Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate
[68.20.2] Lease and management of own or leased non-residential real estate
My OKVED-2 codes
Since I registered as an individual entrepreneur for a long time, my codes were automatically redone by the tax authorities for the ones below. To be honest, they didn't convert everything quite correctly, I don't need some of the codes, some need to be added, but the main codes coincided. Therefore, I do not need to go to the tax office and write an application to change the codes..
[62.09] Activities related to the use of computers and information technology, other
[79.11] Activities of travel agencies
[63.11] Data processing, hosting and related activities
[63.11.1] Activities for the creation and use of databases and information resources
[73.11] Activities of advertising agencies
[74.20] Photographic activities
[74.30] Translation and interpretation activities
[82.99] Other business support services activities n.e.c.
[82.19] Photocopying and document preparation activities and other specialized office support activities
[90.03] Activities in the field of artistic creation
A selection of old codes OKVED-1
Since the codes were changed quite recently, just in case I will also leave the old codes from the OKVED-1 classifier. This includes my codes, which I chose during registration. All of them are valid until January 2017 and it is no longer possible to indicate them during registration..
The tax office itself has converted all your codes into new ones. It makes sense to order an extract from EGRIP and check what codes you now have. You may have to go to the tax office and write an application to change the codes.
OKVED-1 for website creation and development, website promotion and SEO
[72.30] Data processing
[72.40] Activities for the creation and use of databases and information resources
[72.60] Other activities related to the use of computers and information technology
[74.40] Advertising activities
[74.84] Provision of other services
OKVED-1 for programming, development and testing
[72.10] Consulting on computer hardware
[72.20] Software development and consulting in this area
[72.30] Data processing
[72.40] Activities for the creation and use of databases and information resources
[72.50] Maintenance and repair of office machines and computers
[72.60] Other activities related to the use of computers and information technology
OKVED-1 for selling links from the site
[74.40] Advertising activities
[72.30] Data processing
[72.40] Activities for the creation and use of databases and information resources
[72.60] Other activities related to the use of computers and information technology
OKVED-1 for copywriting and journalism
[72.30] Data processing
[74.83] Provision of secretarial, editorial and translation services
[92.31.2] Activities in the field of artistic, literary and performing arts
[92.40] Activities of news agencies
OKVED-1 for translators
[72.30] Data processing
[74.83] Provision of secretarial, editorial and translation services
[74.84] Provision of other services
OKVED-1 for information business
[52.61.1] Postal (parcel) retail trade
[52.61.2] Retail trade through teleshops and computer networks
[80.42] Adult and other education n.e.c.
[93.05] Provision of other personal services
My OKVED-1 codes
The codes that I chose for myself when registering an individual entrepreneur related to contextual and other advertising, travel advice. Also, just in case, I added codes for: copywriting, creating websites, translations, conducting excursions, selling photos, etc., just in case.
63.30.1 - Organization of complex tourist services
63.30.2 - Provision of excursion tickets, provision of accommodation, provision of vehicles
63.30.3 - Provision of tourism information services
63.30.4 - Provision of tourist excursion services
72.30 - Data processing
72.40 - Activities for the creation and use of databases and information resources
72.60 - Other activities related to the use of computers and information technology
74.40 - Advertising activities
74.81 - Photographic activities
74.83 - Providing secretarial, editorial and translation services
74.84 - Provision of other services
92.31.2 - Activities in the field of artistic, literary and performing creativity
P.S. That's all I know about OKVED for individual entrepreneurs and freelancers at the moment. It is best to clarify everything again before registering..
