A Complete Guide to Finding Your Business Tax ID Number

When tax season rears its ugly head you will need to know your business Tax ID Number (TIN) before you can do anything. You will need it before you can even give your employees the paperwork they will need to file their taxes. If you do not know what you did with your TIN, you are in luck because this article will tell you where to find it. 

What To Do If You Can’t Remember Your Company’s TIN

It is almost tax season and you realize that you have no idea what your TIN is. You start to ponder “how to find business tax ID number” then you come across this article and learn exactly where to locate your TIN and get back on track to getting your tax paperwork done.

Step by Step to Locating Your Company’s TIN

Unfortunately, they do not have any search function available to easily search for a TIN online so you have to try these steps to locate it…

• Look in Your Files

The first place to look is in your company’s files and documents and see if any of them have your TIN listed on them. Possibly past tax returns or maybe proof of past payments. 

• Contact the IRS

If you are unable to locate your company’s TIN on any of your documents the only other option is to call the IRS directly at 1-800-829-4933. You can reach them at that number from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time. If you know that your EIN has changed recently, save yourself time and skip the 1st step. 

You Know You EIN Now What?

When you finally get off the phone with the IRS, yes you will probably be on hold for a while, and you now have your EIN, what is next. You should instantly start a file on your computer to store all of your important financial information for your company. 

 

You will need your EIN anytime that you have to deal with a financial institute, federal institute, or state institute. So if you ever need to get a loan for your business you will need this info. So make sure that you make a file that contains this and other important info you may need quickly. 

Info You May Need Quick Access To As A Business Owner

When you go to create an important information file so that you will have quick access to it these are a few pieces of info you will want to include…

•  EIN

You will need your EIN more often than you expect and you will not want to be calling the IRS all the time. 

• Insurance Account Numbers

If an emergency happens and you need to contact your insurance company to make a claim, you will not want to waste time trying to search through piles of paperwork for this info.

• Your Business’s Banking Account Numbers

You will have a lot of invoices showing up daily that need to be paid and many of them will allow you to use an EFT payment so you are going to want easy access to your account info to make those payments. 

• Employee Call List w/ Emergency Contacts

When employees do not show up for work you will want to be able to call and check on them so this list will be used often. Also if an employee has an accident at work you will want quick access to be able to contact their emergency contact. 

Now Your EIN Will Just Be A Click Away

Now that you have created a file that contains all the information you will need quick access to often, you will never have to endlessly search for your EIN again. The next time you find yourself in a situation where you need it you will have it in the blink of an eye or to be more exact the click of a mouse.