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That assumes states would use the same number for sales tax
IDs and employment tax IDs; that individuals with sales tax
IDs would need to get a FEIN; and that disregarded (for
income tax purposes) businesses would need to get a FEIN
before they could apply for a state employment EIN, etc.,
etc.

As an example of the latter problem, we DID get an FEIN (by
mistake) for my mother-in-law's living trust, so we didn't
have any trouble in having that trust hire a household
employee -- but the state employment tax ID had to be
obtained within 15 days in order to report the employment to
the state for child support purposes, while the FEIN (if
required at all) would not be required until the W-2 needed
to be filed.

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LOL. I know what you mean! Been using 58 for so many years
and now getting 02 and 30 numbers. First, the state of
Georgia messed with our minds when they changed the
numbering for sales tax numbers and now this!!

Carol

If you awoke to find yourself a success, you weren't asleep.
Semper Gumby (Always Flexible)

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"Harlan Lunsford" <hlunsfordnoway[at]bellsouth.net> wrote:

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Shredded all my old 6209's, the current 2002 edition dos not
relate it to any of the "FORMER" district offices,

If it were, it might have been associated with the New York
area, the old number sequences had a geographic scheme.

The new numbers have no geographic associations, SBSE, WI,
LMSB, TEGE have various Headquarter, Service Center-Campus,
and Area office locations.

Geographic/numeric model no longer works well for
identifying which components of the IRS service the
taxpayers needs.

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Harlan Lunsford wrote:

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Sadly the two digit prefix has lost all relationship with
the home address of the entity. A corporation that I
applied for in June of 2002 had the same thing. I think they
are running out of numbers. Now you have to be more
attentive to the first two digits. Way back I had a problem
with a Virginia Corporation that applied for an EI # with a
NC address, 56 vs 54.

I think they should switch to Alphanumeric, like auto tags.
That way they could generate extra income with Vanity EI#s.
I know the computer geeks will say they cannot do it. That
would mean they would actually have to do some work.

--
Frederick E. Jorden http://Tax-Accounting-Payroll.com
7825 Midlothian Tpk - 207 Richmond, VA 23235-5247 EMAIL knowtax[at]bigfoot.com
(804) 320-6210 FAX (804) 320-6211

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to the IRS for making the FEI# application so easy.

Five years ago I would never have dreamed that I could sit
down at my computer on a Saturday morning, access a web site
at IRS and key in the SS4 data and instantly receive the
FEI#.

It's going to be difficult though, to get used to not
getting numbers with a "63" or "58" prefix. ("20"?
Where's that?)

Cheer$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA in LA

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