EIN Application

EIN or Employer Identification Number is regarded as the corporate counterpart of Social Security Number in the United States. However, this number can be issued to everyone. Even employers having withholding taxes can also avail this number. EIN is popular in American work culture in other names also. They are Federal Employer Identification Number or FEIN, Tax Identification Number or TIN and Federal Tax Identification Number. Whatever may be the name, it is a nine digit number. Internal Revenue Service department of US Federal Government issues this number to all business ventures having their operation in US. The main purpose of assigning the EIN is identification. Along with, this number also helps Internal Revenue Service department to calculate and have grip over employment taxes.

EIN application is not a Herculean task. You can do it from the comfort of home or office. The ways through which you can apply for EIN are

Online application : You can apply for EIN online. For online EIN application, all you need is filling the desired application form and submitting the required information as mentioned in the form. Once you fill the preliminary information, validation process is performed. After it, you will be alerted if you have missed to submit some of the necessary information. Once you submit the Form SS-4 in a complete manner from all aspects successfully, EIN is issued.

Application of EIN through Mail : Like the previous one, successful completion of the Form SS-4 is the sole ground to take your EIN application into consideration to issue EIN number. When you send this form through mail, it generally takes a four weeks time frame for processing. During this period, the authorities query about the entity type and follow other appropriate procedures to mail back the EIN number for your business venture.

EIN does not have expiry date, but you should keep in mind that it can not be reissued for the same business entity.