Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)

A Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) used by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the administration of tax laws.

GraphQL type: Tin

Example

A TIN (EIN) is linked to Starbucks Corporation through the files taxes using relationship, identifying the entity for IRS tax administration.

Available from: Legal Entity

Description

A Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) is an identification number assigned by the IRS for tax administration. TIN data is available on Legal Entities and is commonly used in business verification and KYB workflows to confirm that a business is who they claim to be.

Both EINs (Employer Identification Numbers) and SSNs (Social Security Numbers) are types of TIN. All businesses that have a non-person legal structure have an EIN. Many sole proprietorships also acquire an EIN, but some may use the owner's SSN as well. See the tinType field below for the full list of TIN types. Note that we do not provide SSN to protect PII.

Data Sources

Our TIN data comes directly from authoritative government sources like SoS registrations and IRS forms.

Currently, TIN coverage is approximately 4.5% of brands. Florida-registered businesses are overrepresented as Florida is the only state that publishes federal EIN data on its Secretary of State registrations.

Methodology

We routinely validate our data against the IRS directly to ensure data quality is maintained. Our entity resolution process further reconciles records across sources to surface the most accurate TIN for each legal entity. For absolute confidence in a specific business and EIN combination, you can submit another request with the TIN, legal name, and address as inputs to verify directly against the IRS in realtime. Below is an example:

query TinExample \{
  search(
      searchInput: \{
          name: "LOFTY COFFEE INC.",
          tin: \{ tin: "464362767"\},
          address: \{ state: "CA" \}
      \}
  ) \{
      ... on LegalEntity \{
          names \{
              edges \{
                  node \{
                      name
                  \}
              \}
          \}
          tins \{
              edges \{
                  node \{
                      tin
                      tinType
                      validity
                  \}
                  verificationResult
                  verificationStatus
              \}
          \}
      \}
  \}
\}

\{
  "data": \{
      "search": [
          \{\},
          \{
              "names": \{
                  "edges": [
                      \{
                          "node": \{
                              "name": "LOFTY COFFEE INC."
                          \}
                      \}
                  ]
              \},
              "tins": \{
                  "edges": [
                      \{
                          "node": \{
                              "tin": "464362767",
                              "tinType": "EIN",
                              "validity": "valid"
                          \},
                          "verificationResult": "tin_verified",
                          "verificationStatus": "Success"
                      \}
                  ]
              \}
          \}
      ]
  \}
\}

Pricing tier: Premium

Field	Name	Type	Description
TIN	standardized_tin		The taxpayer identification number. A 9-digit number assigned by the IRS.
TIN Type	tin_type		The type of TIN on record, such as EIN or SSN. In practice, we currently provide EIN data.
Validity	validity		Verification status for a business and TIN combination when checked against live IRS records.
ID	id	long
First Observed Date	first_observed_date	string
Last Observed Date	last_observed_date	string

Relationships

Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) connects to other entities in the Enigma graph:

Direction	Relationship	Target Entity
←	files taxes using	Legal Entity

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