Employer Identification Number for Australian Businesses
If you are a business owner looking to sell products in the United States (US), you need an Employer Identification Number (EIN).
Much like your tax file number (TFN) or an Australian Business Number (ABN) in Australia, this number is given to a business for free. Therefore, itβs best to think of the EIN as a bureaucratic tag that doesnβt cost businesses anything, but is necessary to have nonetheless.
Its sole purpose is to track US tax efficiently.
In this sense, it benefits the IRS β thatβs why they hand these numbers out for free. With this in mind, any site asking you to pay a fee for an EIN is illegitimate.