Small businesses with a tax ID enjoy a number of advantages businesses without one do not have. A tax ID is also known as an Employer Identification Number, a nine-digit number issued by the Internal ...

If you run a home business or you have self-employment income, you may at some point need an employer identification number. This need may arise when you hire employees, or when you want to open a ...

How long does it take to get an EIN number? Getting your Employer Identification Number (EIN) is one of the first and most important steps in establishing your business. But if you're like many ...

If you're paying a tax preparer to handle your taxes for you, make sure they have this official ID number. Otherwise, you ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Q: I want to start a new onlinebusiness and don’t really know where to start. Do I have to geta U.S. federal tax ID number? If so, where ...

Kelly Phillips Erb is a Forbes senior writer who covers tax. I was asked a similar question from a client years and years ago. The client ran a sort of affiliate program which rewarded third parties ...

When you open a new business, applying for an employer identification number (EIN) may need to be near the top of your priority list. While not every business needs an EIN, many do. Nearly 5.4 million ...

Besides the fact that April is one of the rainiest times of the year (and I'm basically a cat in human clothing), I always dread the fourth month of the year because of Tax Day. I personally find ...

A new report by the Treasury Department s Inspector General for Tax Administration found that millions of people may have improperly received Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers from the IRS ...

Getting your Employer Identification Number (EIN) is one of the first and most important steps in establishing your business. But if you're like many startup founders, you're probably wondering how ...