Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Michael Rosenston is a fact-checker and researcher with expertise in business, finance, and ...

Tax-identification numbers are required on all tax forms, including tax returns. The number is how your business is identified by the IRS. The tax-identification number for your business can be either ...

Ever tried filing taxes, opening a U.S. bank account, or applying for a loan and hit a wall because you don’t have a Social Security Number? That’s where a taxpayer identification number (or TIN) can ...

Companies, like people, are usually known by their names, but people and companies both have other types of identification, often issued by government agencies in the form of identification numbers.

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Khadija Khartit is a strategy, investment, and funding expert, and an educator of fintech ...

An employer identification number (EIN) is issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to identify a business for tax administration purposes. It’s also used to complete some core business tasks, ...