Your EIN and how to enter it
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The first field on the form is EIN (Employer ID Number). It identifies your organization on every receipt.
What an EIN is
An EIN is the 9-digit Employer Identification Number the IRS gave your organization. It is written as two digits, a hyphen, then seven digits:
12-3456789
The field help says "Your organization's 9-digit EIN (Employer Identification Number)". If you need to look yours up or don't have one, see the IRS page Employer identification number (opens in a new tab).
What happens to it
- It prints on the receipt after the label EIN:, exactly as you typed it.
- The free daily receipt is counted per EIN. See Free tier.
- If you are signed in, it is saved and filled in next time.
How the form checks it
The form only counts digits. If what you typed doesn't have exactly 9 digits once the hyphen and other symbols are ignored, you see Please enter a valid EIN in the format 12-3456789. Both 12-3456789 and 123456789 get through, and each prints as you typed it. Nothing checks the number against a list of organizations, so what you type is what prints.
Type it in the 12-3456789 form every time. The free daily receipt is counted by the text you type, so 123456789 and 12-3456789 would be counted separately.
Common mistakes
- A typo. Compare it with your IRS letter before you generate.
- Eight or ten digits. An EIN has nine.
- A different kind of number. A Social Security number does not belong here.
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