EIN If More Form

Instructions and help about EIN if More

hey this is attorney elizabeth weinstein and today we're going to talk about whether or not you need an ein for each type of business that you have so it's very common for a business owner to have multiple lines of business you may have multiple youtube channels multiple websites multiple programs multiple kind of divisions of your business and you may be wondering do you need to get a ein for every single business line or every single project that you have because in your head you kind of think of them as separate businesses so first let's make sure we're on the same page about an ein an ein is an employer identification number that you get from the irs from the internal revenue service in the united states that number is for a different a number of different purposes one is if you have employees that's how you're going to file all your employment tax stuff but it's also the tax number for that business you're going to use that number when you get your business license you're going t