АҚШ салық төлеушісінің идентификациялық нөмірі

Identifier for a taxpaying entity in the U. S.

identification numbers used in the US tax system

A Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) is an identifying number used for tax purposes in the United States and in other countries under the Common Reporting Standard. In the United States it is also known as a Tax Identification Number (TIN) or Federal Taxpayer Identification Number (FTIN). A TIN may be assigned by the Social Security Administration (SSA) or by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

SSNs are used by people who have or had the right to work in the United States.

ITINs are used by aliens who may or may not have the right to work in the US, such as aliens on temporary visas and non resident aliens with US income.

EINs are used by employers, sole proprietors, corporations, LLCs, partnerships, non profit associations, trusts, estates of decedents, government agencies, certain individuals, and other business entities.

Section 6109(a) of the Internal Revenue Code provides (in part) that "When required by regulations prescribed by the Secretary [of the Treasury or his delegate] [ . ] Any person required under the authority of this title [i. e., under the Internal Revenue Code] to make a return, statement, or other document shall include in such return, statement or other document such identifying number as may be prescribed for securing proper identification of such person." Internal Revenue Code section 6109(d) provides: "The social security account number issued to an individual for purposes of section 205(c)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act [codified as ] shall, except as shall otherwise be specified under regulations of the Secretary [of the Treasury or his delegate], be used as the identifying number for such individual for purposes of this title [the Internal Revenue Code, title 26 of the United States Code]."