How to Apply for an EIN in North Dakota
Last updated September 22, 2026 · Written by the EIN Registration filing team
Get the EIN for your North Dakota business
Pick your entity type and we take it from there: our specialists prepare the SS-4 with the name and formation date exactly as the state recorded them, file it, and email you the EIN, typically within 2 to 4 business days (7 to 10 if it has to go by fax).
The EIN step itself
One federal form, one agency, the same options wherever the business sits: online, fax, mail, or the international phone line. The method decides the timeline, not the state. Every method and what it actually takes covers that in full, and it applies to North Dakota unchanged.
What North Dakota needs first
Form your entity with the North Dakota Secretary of State before applying. The IRS asks for the legal name and formation date exactly as the state recorded them, and a mismatch is one of the common causes of a rejected application.
North Dakota assigns its own SOS control ID. It identifies your company in state records and is not a tax ID. It cannot be used where an EIN is asked for, and the IRS has no record of it.
What North Dakota requires once you have the EIN
- File the annual report with the Secretary of State through the FirstStop portal by November 15 every year, starting the year after the LLC registers; farming or ranching LLCs file by April 15 instead.
- If the LLC will sell taxable goods, admissions or lodging, apply for a North Dakota sales tax permit from the Office of State Tax Commissioner through ND TAP. Permits are not transferable, so an LLC that buys an existing business applies for its own.
- Before the first employee starts work, buy workers' compensation coverage from North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance and open a North Dakota income tax withholding account with the Office of State Tax Commissioner.
What is actually different about North Dakota
- North Dakota's corporate farming law bars LLCs from owning or leasing farmland or ranchland and from farming or ranching, unless the company qualifies as a farming or ranching LLC (a limited number of members, all related to one another within set degrees of kinship, with members actively operating the farm) or as an authorized livestock farm LLC. An ordinary business LLC cannot hold farmland.
- Workers' compensation in North Dakota is sold only by the state. Workforce Safety & Insurance is an exclusive state fund and North Dakota law does not allow private insurers to underwrite workers' compensation, so an LLC that hires buys its coverage from WSI, not from an insurance agent.
- A North Dakota LLC that misses its November 15 annual report is placed in Not Good Standing, and it is involuntarily terminated if the report stays unfiled. The Secretary of State sends annual report and Not Good Standing notices to the registered agent's address on the business record.
Get Your EIN the Easy Way
Answer a few questions in about 5 minutes. Our specialists prepare your IRS Form SS-4, file it, personally handle any rejection or name conflict along the way, and get your EIN to you, typically within 2 to 4 business days, or 7 to 10 when the IRS requires the application by fax. One flat $197 service fee. No upsells, no subscriptions.
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Related guides
Sources
- North Dakota Secretary of State, maintain registration and annual reports
- North Dakota Secretary of State, limited liability company
- North Dakota Century Code chapter 10-06.1, corporate or limited liability company farming
- North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance, coverage requirements
- North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner, sales and use tax
EIN Registration is an independent document preparation and filing service and is not affiliated with the IRS or any government agency. You can also apply for an EIN directly with the IRS at irs.gov at no cost.