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State⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Format ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Requirements
AR⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xxxxxxxxwhw
  1. 11 alphanumeric digits
  2. First 8 characters are numbers only
  3. Last three characters are letters “whw“
    ‣ Not case sensitive
  4. No hyphens allowed
  5. No other special characters allowed
CO⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xxxxxxxx
  1. 8 numbers only

  2. No letters

  3. No hyphens

  4. No other special characters

  5. No all zeros (Ex: 00000000)

  6. Does not have eight of the same number (Ex: 11111111)

  7. Is not 12345678

  8. Is not 87654321

DC⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀300xxxxxxxxx ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀or ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀305xxxxxxxxx

  1. 12 numeric digits only
  2. First three numbers are always 300 or 305
  3. No hyphens

DE⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xx-xxxxxxx

⠀⠀Follows EIN validation rules:

  1. 9 numeric digits
  2. Does not begin with 00, 07, 08, 09, 17, 18, 19, 28, 29, 49, 69, 70, 78, 79 or 89
  3. Does not have nine of the same number (Ex: 11-1111111)
  4. Is not 12-3456789
  5. Is not 98-7654321
  6. One hyphen after second digit

GA⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xxxxxxxAZ

  1. Total 9 characters
  2. First 7 characters are numeric
  3. Last two characters are letters
    ‣ Not case sensitive

IL⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀XX-XXXXXXX-###

  1. Format XX-XXXXXXX-###

  2. EIN for first 10 characters

    Follows EIN validation rules

    1. 9 numeric digits (ex. xx-xxxxxxx)

    2. Does not begin with 00, 07, 08, 09, 17, 18, 19, 28, 29, 49, 69, 70, 78, 79 or 89

    3. Does not have nine of the same number (Ex: 11-1111111)

    4. Is not 12-3456789

    5. Is not 98-7654321
    6. One hyphen in 3d position

  3. Hyphen in 11th position

  4. 3 numeric digitals in last 3 positions

IA⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xxxxxxxxx or xxxxxxxxxxxx

       If Format is xxxxxxxxx:

  1. 9 numeric characters

  2. No hyphens

  3. No other special characters

  4. All zeros are allowed

  5. Does not have 9 of the same number (ex. 111111111)

  6. Is not Payer’s EIN

  7. Is not 123456789

  8. Is not 987654321

⠀⠀If Format is xxxxxxxxxxxx:

  1. 12 numeric characters

  2. No hyphens

  3. No other special characters

  4. All zeros are allowed

  5. Does not have 12 of the same number (ex. 111111111111)

KS⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀036-xxxxxxxxxF-01 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀or ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀11-xxxx-A

⠀⠀If Format is 036-xxxxxxxxxF-01:

  1. Total 17 characters
  2. First three characters always 036
  3. 2 hyphens must be in 4 and 15th position
  4. 5th - 13th characters is always EIN number without hyphens - must follow EIN validations

    ‣ 9 numeric characters
    ‣ Does not begin with: 00, 07, 08, 09, 17, 18, 19, 28, 29, 49, 69, 70, 78, 79, 89
    ‣ Is not: 123456789
    ‣ Is not: 987654321
    ‣ Is not the same number: 111111111
  5. 14th character is always F
    ‣ Not case sensitive

  6. Last two digits is always 01, 02, or 03

⠀⠀If Format is 11-xxxx-A:

  1. Total 9 characters
    ‣ 7 alphanumeric characters
    ‣ 2 hyphens
  2. 2 hyphens must be in 3rd and 8th position

  3. Always starts with 11

  4. 4th - 7th position is always numeric

  5. Last character is always alphabet (A-Z)
    ‣ Not case sensitive

KY⠀⠀⠀xxxxxx

  1. 6 numbers only

  2. No letters

  3. No special characters

  4. All zeros not allowed

  5. Does not have 6 of the same number (Ex: 111111)

  6. Is not 123456

  7. Is not 654321

LA⠀⠀⠀xxxxxxxxx or xxxxxxxxxx

  1. 9 or 10 numeric characters only

  2. No hyphens

  3. No special characters

  4. No letters

  5. Is not the same number: 111111111 or 1111111111

  6. Is not 1234567890

MA⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xx-xxxxxxx

  1. 9 numeric digits

  2. Does not begin with 00, 07, 08, 09, 17, 18, 19, 28, 29, 49, 69, 70, 78, 79 or 89

  3. Does not have nine of the same number (Ex: 11-1111111)

  4. Is not 12-3456789

  5. Is not 98-7654321

  6. One hyphen after second digit

  7. Same as EIN

MI⠀⠀⠀xx-xxxxxxx or xxxxxxxxx

           Format 1: xx-xxxxxxx

  1. 9 numeric characters
  2. Hyphen after second digit
  3. Does not begin with 00, 07, 08, 09, 17, 18, 19, 28, 29, 49, 69, 70, 78, 79 or 89
  4. Does not have nine of the same number (Ex: 11-1111111)
  5. Is not 12-3456789
  6. Is not 98-7654321

            Format 2: xxxxxxxxx

  1. 9 numeric characters
  2. Does not begin with 00, 07, 08, 09, 17, 18, 19, 28, 29, 49, 69, 70, 78, 79 or 89
  3. Does not have nine of the same number (Ex: 111111111)
  4. Is not 123456789
  5. Is not 987654321

MN⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xxxxxxx

  1. 7 numeric characters only

  2. No hyphens

  3. No special characters

  4. No letters

  5. Does not have seven of the same number (Ex: 1111111)

  6. Is not 1234567

MS⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xxxx-xxxx

  1. 9 characters

  2. No alphabet characters

  3. First 4 characters are numbers only

  4. Fifth character is hyphen

  5. Last 4 characters are numbers only

  6. Is not 1234-5678

  7. Does not have eight of the same number (Ex: 1111-1111)

MT⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xxxxxxx-xxx-WTH

  1. 15 alphanumeric characters

    First 7 characters are numbers only

    Not all zeros (ex. 0000000)

    Does not have 7 of the same number (ex. 2222222)

    Is not 1234567

    Is not 7654321

  2. Hyphen in 8th and 12th positions

  3. 3 characters in positions 9-11 are numbers only

    All number combinations are allowed

  4. Last 3 characters are always “WTH” (not case sensitive)

  5. Other special characters are not allowed

NE⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xxx, xxxx, xxxxx, xxxxxx, xxxxxxx, xxxxxxxx or xxxxxxxxx

⠀⠀Format xxx, xxxx, xxxxx, xxxxxx, ⠀⠀⠀xxxxxxx, xxxxxxxx, xxxxxxxxx:

  1. Anywhere from 3 to 9 characters

  2. Numeric characters only

    All zeros not allowed

NC⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xxxxxxxxx

  1. 9 numeric characters

  2. No hyphens

ND⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xxxxxxxxx0x

 ⠀⠀⠀⠀Total 11 characters:

  1. 11 digits

  2. No alphabet characters

 ⠀⠀⠀⠀xxxxxxxxx is always EIN number  ⠀⠀⠀⠀without hyphens - must follow EIN  ⠀⠀⠀⠀validations:

  1. No hyphens

  2. Does not begin with 00, 07, 08, 09, 17, 18, 19, 28, 29, 49, 69, 70, 78, 79 or 89

  3. Does not have nine of the same number (Ex: 111111111)

  4. Is not 123456789

  5. Is not 987654321

 ⠀⠀⠀⠀0x must be:

  1. 0(1-9)

  2. cannot be 00

OR⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀0xxxxxxx-x

  1. Total 10 characters

  2. First character is always 0

  3. Numeric characters in position 2-8
    All zeros allowed

  1. Hyphen in 9th position

  2. Numeric character in 10th position

  3. All zeros in the state ID not allowed
    At least one character in the range 1-9 must be used

RI⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀000####### or ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀0000######

  1. 10 numeric characters

  2. No hyphens

  3. Starts with 3 or 4 zeros
    000####### or
    0000######

SC⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xxxxxxxxx

  1. 9 numeric digits

  2. No alphabet characters

  3. No hyphens allowed

  4. No other special characters allowed

  5. Does not have nine of the same number (Ex: 111111111)

  6. Is not 123456789

  7. Is not the Payer’s Federal EIN

UT⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xxxxxxxxxxxWTH

  1. 14 alphanumeric characters

  2. First 11 characters are numbers only

  3. Last 3 characters are always “WTH” (it must be upper case but will be a separate PBI to convert it to upper case in BOS)

  4. No hyphens allowed

  5. No special characters allowed

VA⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀xx-xxxxxxx or ⠀⠀⠀⠀30-xxxxxxxxxF-xxx

 ⠀⠀⠀⠀If Format is xx-xxxxxxx:

  1. 9 numeric digits

  2. Does not begin with 00, 07, 08, 09, 17, 18, 19, 28, 29, 49, 69, 70, 78, 79 or 89

  3. Does not have nine of the same number (Ex: 11-1111111)

  4. Is not 12-3456789

  5. Is not 98-7654321

  6. One hyphen after second digit

 ⠀⠀⠀⠀If Format is 30-xxxxxxxxxF-xxx:

  1. 17 characters total

    1. First two character always “30”

  2. 2 hyphens must be in 3d and 14th positions

  3. 4th through 12th position is always payer EIN number without hyphens
    ‣ No hyphens
    ‣ Does not begin with 00, 07, 08, 09, 17, 18, 19, 28, 29, 49, 69, 70, 78, 79 or 89
    ‣ Does not have nine of the same number (Ex: 111111111)
    ‣ Is not 123456789
    ‣ Is not 987654321

  4. Always letter F in 13th position
    ‣ Not case sensitive

  5. 3 numeric digits in last 3 positions

VT⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀WHTXXXXXXXX

  1. 11 characters

  2. First three characters are always WHT
    ‣ Not case sensitive

  3. Last 8 characters must be numeric

  4. No special characters allowed

WI⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀036-xxxxxxxxxx-xx

  1. Total 17 characters

  2. First three characters always 036

  3. 2 hyphens must be in 4 and 15th position

  4. 5th - 14th is always numeric

  5. 16th - 17th is always numeric

 ⠀⠀⠀⠀Note: Must use 036-8888888888-01 if  ⠀⠀⠀⠀no WI employer withholding number

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