nine digits are in an employer federal identification number.
nine digits are in an employer federal identification number.
how many digits in an employer federal identification number?
nine
the employer identification number (ein), also known as the federal employer identification number (fein) or the federal tax identification number, is a unique nine-digit number assigned by the internal revenue service (irs) to business entities operating in the united states for the purposes of identification. when the number is used for identification rather than employment tax reporting, it is usually referred to as a taxpayer identification number (tin), and when used for the purposes of reporting employment taxes, it is usually referred to as an "ein". these numbers are used for tax administration and must be not used for any other purpose. for example, the ein should not be used in tax lien auction or sales, lotteries, etc.
employer identification number
any government-provided number that can be used in the us as a unique identifier when interacting with the irs is a tin, though none of them are referred to exclusively as a taxpayer identification number. a tin may be:









































bullet::::- a social security number (ssn)









































bullet::::- an individual taxpayer identification number (itin)









































bullet::::- an employer identification number (ein), also known as a fein (federal employer identification number)









































bullet::::- an adoption taxpayer identification number, used as a temporary number for a child for whom the adopting parents cannot obtain an ssn
taxpayer identification number