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Employer Identification Number for a Partnership

Tax Reporting Entity

Although a partnership is not a tax-paying entity, it is a tax-reporting entity, and therefore, must have its own Employer Identification Number (EIN). A partnership reports partnership income, expenses, deductions, and credits annually on Form 1065 where it enters its EIN.

Although the word "Employer" is included in tthe name of this tax ID, a business does not actually have to have employees to have an EIN. EINs are used by sole proprietors who have no employees, corporations, partnerships, nonprofit associations, trusts, estates of decedents, and government agencies.

Caution: The IRS cautions that an "EIN is for use in connection with your business activity only. Do not use it in place of your social security number."

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