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Statutory

Statutory IDs (BVN, NIN, TIN)

The identifiers payroll needs: Bank Verification Number, National ID, Tax ID.

Statutory identifiers, namely the BVN (Bank Verification Number), NIN (National Identification Number) and TIN (Tax Identification Number), are needed for payments and statutory filings. In a well-built system they're encrypted at rest and masked in exports by default.

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Vintage People applies these statutory rules on every run, with a full audit trail.