Taxpayer Identification Number

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The Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) is a by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS comparable, with the German tax office ) used identification number that to the IRS taxable persons is assigned. The TIN can not only be issued by the IRS, but also by the Social Security Administration .

The TIN can come from different number ranges:

  • Social Security Number "SSN"
  • Employer Identification Number "EIN"
  • Individual Taxpayer Identification Number "ITIN"
  • Taxpayer Identification Number for Pending US Adoptions "ATIN"
  • Preparer Taxpayer Identification Number "PTIN"

The German tax identification number is also a TIN.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dmitry Poborchiy: Apply for a tax identification number at marktforschung-portal.de, accessed on June 21, 2017