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Payr oll Taxes and Remittances
Social Security number. If it is a corporation, enter the state or
foreign country in which it is organized.
Line 9. Check just one of the listed options as a reason for applying
for the EIN. That is, you should not be applying for an EIN if
you are simply hiring additional employees, since you should
already have obtained an EIN for the existing entity. If you have
created a pension plan, it must have a separate EIN from that of
the business entity.
Line 10. If the business was just started, enter its start date. If you
purchased an existing business, enter the purchase date.

Line 11. Enter the last month of the business’s accounting year. For
an individual, this is usually the calendar year-end, though it can
vary for other types of business entities.
Line 12. Enter the date on which wages were first paid or are
expected to be paid. If there is no prospective date, enter “N/A”
in this space.

Line 13. Enter in each space provided the maximum number of
employees expected to be on the payroll during the next 12
months. There are spaces for agricultural, household, and other
employees.

Line 14. Check just one box next to the industry group that best
describes your business’s main area of operations. If none apply,
check the “Other” box and briefly describe the principal activity.
Line 15. Describe the business entity’s principal activities in somewhat
more detail, noting specific types of products or services sold.

Line 16. Indicate whether the business has ever applied for an EIN
before. If so, list the legal and trade names of the business used
on the prior application, as well as the date and location where
it was filed.

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