June 2019
In May 2019, the IRS heightened security measures that altered the process by which individual entities apply for an Employee Identification Number (EIN). Prior to the IRS’ revisions to the EIN application, corporations, partnerships, employee retirement plans, sole proprietors, estates and other entities were issued a nine-digit EIN for tax purposes. Previously, these entities could also deem an outside party responsible for tax matters, merely by listing its EIN.
