Title 26: Internal Revenue
PART 301—PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION
Definitions
§ 301.7701-12 Employer identification number.
For purposes of this chapter, the term employer identification
number means the taxpayer identifying number of an individual
or other person (whether or not an employer) which is assigned pursuant
to section 6011 (b) or corresponding provisions of prior law, or
pursuant to section 6109, and in which nine digits are separated
by a hyphen, as follows: 00–0000000. The terms “employer identification
number” and “identification number” (defined in §31.0–2(a)(11) of
this chapter (Employment Tax Regulations)) refer to the same number.
[T.D. 7306, 39 FR 9947, Mar. 15, 1974]