Application for Employer Identification Number

Employers' Identification Numbers

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form SS-4 Application for Employer Identification Number Form
Instructions SS-4.pdf Instruction
Instructions SS-4PR.pdf Instruction
SS-4 Application for Employer Identification Number Form SS-4.pdf Form
SS-4-PR Solicitud de Numero de Identificacion Patronal (EIN) Form SS-4PR.pdf Form

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Application for Employer Identification Number	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: Modified

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory

CFR Citation: 26 CFR 31.6011(b) 26 CFR 46.6109-1 26 CFR 301.6109-1 thru -3

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	SS-4	Application for Employer Identification Number	Form SS-4.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Instruction			Instructions SS-4.pdf	Yes	No	Printable Only
Form	SS-4-PR	Solicitud de Numero de Identificacion Patronal (EIN)	Form SS-4PR.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Instruction			Instructions SS-4PR.pdf	Yes	No	Printable Only

Line of Business: General Government

Subfunction: Taxation Management

Privacy Act System of Records
Title:	FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 2,419,064	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Private Sector	Private Sector: Not-for-profit institutions, Businesses or other for-profits

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 0 %

	Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	1,612,708	1,612,708
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	903,116	903,116
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Documents for IC

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Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.