If you no longer need your EIN

If you no longer need your EIN

If you no longer need your employer identification number (EIN), we can’t cancel it, but we can deactivate it.

Once we assign an EIN to a business entity, it becomes that entity’s permanent federal taxpayer ID number.

Deactivate your EIN

Send us a letter that includes your entity’s EIN, legal name, address, EIN assignment notice, if available, and your reason for deactivating. Mail to:

Internal Revenue Service
MS 6055
Kansas City, MO 64108
Or
Internal Revenue Service
MS 6273
Ogden, UT 84201             

File tax returns before we deactivate your EIN

If you made tax payments, owe business taxes or received a notice to file a business tax return, you must file all outstanding tax returns and pay taxes owed before we can deactivate your EIN. See closing a business.

Exempt organizations

You can’t deactivate your EIN if your exempt organization has:

• Applied for an exemption
• Been covered in a group ruling
• Filed an information return

To deactivate your EIN, send us a letter with:

• Your entity’s EIN, legal name and address
• EIN assignment notice, if available
• Your reason for deactivating your EIN

Mail to:

Internal Revenue Service
Attn: EO Entity
Mail Stop 6273
Ogden, UT 84201

Or fax it to 855-214-7520

If you don’t meet the criteria to close your exempt organization, see terminate your exempt organization or call 877-829-5500.

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