Tax ID Number

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For individual income tax, a digital number assigned by Social Security Administration is matched at irs with alpha characters for a unique id. Individuals not covered by SSA are assigned an individual id number, or ITIN, by irs.

For business tax, irs combines digits with alpha characters to assign a unique business id or TIN, often called an employer id number or EIN.

Preparer id number or PTIN is assigned by irs to individuals and business for transmitting returns, and for transmitting payments, electronically.

SSNs, ITINs and TINs are essential for tracking gross income as well as for tracking filing requirements. PTINs are essential for transmitting returns and payments and for accessing tax data.

All SSNs, TINs, ITINs and PTINs follow written applications and approval ... security of tax data is an irs mission objective.

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