An Employer Identification Number (EIN), also known as a Federal Tax Identification Number, is used to identify a business entity.
Due to a high volume of requests for EINs, the IRS will begin limiting the number of EINs assigned per day to a responsible party. Effective April 11, 2011, a responsible party will be limited to five (5) EINs in one business day. This limit is in effect whether you apply online, by phone, fax or mail.
Prior to 2001, the first two digits of an EIN (the EIN Prefix) indicated the business was located in a particular geographic area. In 2001, EIN assignment was centralized, although all 10 campuses can assign an EIN, if necessary.
As a result of the centralization effort, the EIN prefix no longer has the same significance. The EIN prefix now only indicates which campus assigned the EIN. Each campus has certain prefixes available for use, as well as prefixes that are solely for use by the online application and the Small Business Administration. The prefix breakdown is shown in the table below:
| Campus/Other Location |
Valid EIN Prefixes |
|
Andover
|
10, 12
|
|
Atlanta
|
60, 67
|
|
Austin
|
50, 53
|
|
Brookhaven
|
01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 11, 13, 14, 16, 21, 22, 23, 25, 34, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 65
|
|
Cincinnati
|
30, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 61
|
|
Fresno
|
15, 24
|
|
Kansas City
|
40, 44
|
|
Memphis
|
94, 95
|
|
Ogden
|
80, 90
|
| Philadelphia |
33, 39, 41, 42, 43, 48, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 91, 92, 93, 98, 99
|
|
Internet
|
20, 26, 27,45 (46 and 47 are being reserved for future use)
Note: Prefixes 26, 27, 45, 46 and 47 were previously assigned by the Philadelphia campus. |
| Small Business Administration (SBA) |
31 |
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