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Employer Identification Number (EIN) Page
To make sure businesses comply with federal tax laws, the IRS monitors tax filings and payments by using a numerical system to identify taxpayers. A unique 9-digit employer identification number (EIN) is assigned to all corporations, partnerships, and some sole proprietors. Businesses needing an EIN must apply for a number and use it throughout the life of the business on all tax returns, payments, and reports.
What is an EIN?
An employer identification number (EIN) is a nine-digit number that IRS assigns to identify taxpayers that are required to file various business returns. The EIN can only be used for business purposes; it does not replace an individual's social security number (SSN). EINs are used by employers, sole proprietors, corporations, partnerships, nonprofit associations, trusts, estates of decedents, government agencies, certain individuals, and other business entities.
Applying for an EIN
You can apply for an EIN by completing the IRS Form SS-4 and submitting the information by telephone (1-800-829-4933), fax (631-447-8960), mail (EIN Operation, Internal Revenue Service Center, PO Box 9003, Holtsville, NY 11742-9003), or Internet (www.irs.gov). An EIN will be issued immediately if you submit your information by telephone or through the Internet. If you submit your information via fax, you should receive an EIN within a week. By mail, you should receive a response within 6 weeks.
More Information
Obtain more information about the EIN from IRS Publication 1635 Understanding Your Employer Identification Number (EIN). Visit http://www.irs.gov/, then select "More Forms and Publications", and choose "Publication Number". Next, search the list and highlight "Publ 1635 Understanding Your Employer Identification Number (EIN)". Select the button to "Retrieve Selected Files" and open the PDF file. You can then choose to read the file through your web browser, download the file, and/or print the file.
Provide EIN to County
The County requests that our suppliers and contractors provide their EIN via completion of the County's payee information profile. The County uses this information to furnish 1099s to certain organizations and copies to the IRS after the end of each calendar year.
County's EIN
Likewise, some County vendors request the County's employer identification number. Typically, this request is through completion of an IRS Form W-9. The IRS Form W-9 requests the entity's legal name, EIN, the "doing business as" name, a mailing address, and our legal structure. To respond to such requests, please search our list of pre-filled IRS Form W-9s for our department names. Please forward any questions concerning this topic to C.D. Crepps or call 910-576-4221 extension 1303.
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