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The HSN is a multipurpose international product terminology acknowledged by the World Customs Organization. The purpose of using the HSN codes is to ensure that GST billing practices are in accord with international standards of product nomenclature.
This is where the social trace serves as a critical tool. What is a Social Trace? The social security trace is a search based on the social security number submitted by the applicant. The search itself returns all the credit header information associated with that SSN. This does not mean a credit check is being run. As consumers and employers are sometimes confused, this bears repeating: credit header information is not the equivalent of a credit report and does not involve credit scores.