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NEW 'REAL TIME' EIN SERVICE AT IRS.GOV

September 27, 2007

The IRS has launched a new web-based application process to enable you to get employer ID numbers online in "real time."

This EIN is your permanent number and can be used immediately for most of your business needs, including: opening a bank account; applying for business licenses; and filing a tax return by mail. However, no matter how you apply (phone, fax, mail, or online), it will take up to two weeks before your EIN becomes part of the IRS' permanent records. You must wait until this occurs before you can: file an electronic return, make an electronic payment, or pass an IRS Taxpayer Identification Number matching program.

So technology slowly advances at the IRS. Some day we may even be able to access our own account information so easily.

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