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An Employer Identification Number is a nine-digit tax identification number issued by the Internal Revenue Service. It's a bit like a Social Security number for a business. All tax identification ...

Companies, like people, are usually known by their names, but people and companies both have other types of identification, often issued by government agencies in the form of identification numbers.

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