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Project 01025

Employer identification number online

Project Statement:

The IRS needs to improve the EIN online application experience for taxpayers requesting an Employer Identification Number (EIN).

Goal Statement:

The goal of this project is to increase user friendliness when applying for an EIN.

Taxpayer Communications Committee

Opened: 2024


Status: Elevated

RECOMMENDATION 01025-001

RECOMMENDATION TEXT:

Allow for individuals completing the online application for EIN to make changes to the entity name before submitting the request.

IRS Action: Adopted

The online EIN application was modernized to a new taxpayer interface on August 17, 2025. The application now includes a “Back” button on the bottom of each page, including the final “Review and Submit” page. Users can click the back button to return to the previous page and make corrections. Information cannot be changed or corrected after the user clicks the “Submit EIN Request” button.

RECOMMENDATION 01025-002

RECOMMENDATION TEXT:

Recommend the IRS add a print button on the congratulations/confirmation page of the on-line EIN application process confirmation page.

IRS Action: Adopted

After an EIN is assigned, the congratulations/confirmation page now includes a “Print Page” button at the bottom.

RECOMMENDATION 01025-003

RECOMMENDATION TEXT:

Recommend the IRS display the name control on the congratulations/confirmation page application process.

IRS Action: Adopted

A CP575 assignment notice is generated when an EIN is successfully assigned. Since the name control is an element that is populated in the online CP575 notice pdf, it seems reasonable that we could implement programming to populate the name control on the EIN assignment successful summary page. Per IT, a possible implementation date of this programming change would be January 2, 2026, contingent upon budgetary constraints, resources, and competing priorities.