Apply for Your EIN / Tax ID
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Step 1: Entity Type
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Choose your entity type: LLC, Corporation, Sole Proprietor, Partnership, Trust, Non-Profit, Church, or Estate.
Complete your application: our guided form auto-saves as you go with built-in validation.
Receive your EIN: by email and on your tracking page, or, on a name-conflict fax filing, by one short call to the IRS that we tell you when to make.
Why You Need an EIN
Just formed an LLC? Read EIN for an LLC: how to get one and when you need it. Starting a new business? Read EIN for a new business: the first week in order.
Starting a Business
Required for any LLC with more than one member, any corporation, and any business that hires, and asked for by most state tax registrations.
Applying for a Business Loan
Lenders ask for the business's EIN on loan and credit applications.
Protecting Your Identity
Use your EIN instead of your SSN on business documents to reduce identity theft risk.
Opening a Bank Account
Most banks require an EIN to open a business account and separate your finances.
Hiring Employees
Mandatory for payroll taxes, W-2 reporting, and federal employment compliance.
Filing Tax Returns
Used to file federal and state business tax returns and essential for tax compliance.
Get an EIN in your state
The EIN is federal and the same everywhere. What your state approves first, and the state accounts that ask for the EIN afterwards, differ.
- Texas EIN
- Florida EIN
- California EIN
- New York EIN
- Georgia EIN
- Michigan EIN
- Colorado EIN
- Ohio EIN
- Tennessee EIN
- New Jersey EIN
- Virginia EIN
- North Carolina EIN
What You'll Need
Information required for your IRS Form SS-4 application.
LLCLimited Liability Company
- •Legal name of LLC (as filed with your state)
- •State where organized
- •Number of LLC members
- •Managing member or manager name
- •Tax classification (partnership, S-corp, sole prop, etc.)
- •Responsible party's full legal name & SSN/ITIN
- •Business address (street, city, state, ZIP, county)
- •Primary business activity & principal product/service
- •Formation date
CorporationC corp, S corp, or personal service corp
- •Legal corporate name
- •State of incorporation
- •Type of corporation (C corp, S corp, or personal service corp)
- •Principal officer name, title & SSN/ITIN
- •Business address (street, city, state, ZIP, county)
- •Primary business activity & principal product/service
- •Date incorporated
Sole ProprietorIndividual / DBA
- •Your full legal name (first & last)
- •Trade name / DBA (if different from your name)
- •Your SSN or ITIN
- •Business address (street, city, state, ZIP, county)
- •Primary business activity & principal product/service
- •Date business started or acquired
PartnershipGeneral or limited partnership
- •Legal partnership name
- •State where organized
- •General partner name & SSN/ITIN
- •Business address (street, city, state, ZIP, county)
- •Primary business activity & principal product/service
- •Date partnership started
TrustIrrevocable, revocable, or other trust
- •Name of trust (as stated in trust document)
- •Type of trust
- •Trustee / grantor name & SSN/ITIN
- •Trust address (street, city, state, ZIP, county)
- •Date trust was funded or created
Non-Profit501(c) tax-exempt organization
- •Legal name of organization
- •State where organized
- •Principal officer name, title & SSN/ITIN
- •Organization address (street, city, state, ZIP, county)
- •Primary activity & mission description
- •Date organization was formed
ChurchChurch or church-controlled organization
- •Legal name of church or organization
- •State where organized
- •Authorized official name, title & SSN/ITIN
- •Church address (street, city, state, ZIP, county)
- •Date church was established
EstateEstate of a deceased individual
- •Name of estate (Estate of [decedent name])
- •Executor / administrator name & SSN/ITIN
- •Decedent's name and Social Security number
- •Date of death of decedent
- •Estate address (street, city, state, ZIP, county)
Have these ready
About 5 minutes. Most of it is on your formation documents and your driver's license.
- Legal name, exactly as your state approved it
- State where it was formed, and the date
- Responsible party's full name
- Their SSN or ITIN
- Business address, including the county
- A phone number and email for your EIN
Everything else the IRS asks, such as your reason for applying, what the business does, your accounting year and whether you expect employees, is a multiple-choice question inside the form.
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