[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR17.42]

[Page 284]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 17_DRAWBACK ON TAXPAID DISTILLED SPIRITS USED IN MANUFACTURING 
NONBEVERAGE PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C_Special Tax
 
Sec. 17.42  Application for employer identification number.

    (a) An employer identification number is assigned pursuant to 
application on IRS Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification 
Number, filed by the taxpayer. Form SS-4 may be obtained from any office 
of the Internal Revenue Service.
    (b) Each taxpayer who files a return on ATF Form 5630.5 shall make 
application on IRS Form SS-4 for an employer identification number, 
unless he or she has already been assigned such a number or made 
application for one. The application on Form SS-4 shall be filed on or 
before the seventh day after the date on which the first return on Form 
5630.5 is filed.
    (c) Each taxpayer shall make application for and shall be assigned 
only one employer identification number, regardless of the number of 
places of business for which the taxpayer is required to file Form 
5630.5.

(Sec. 1(a), Pub. L. 87-397, 75 Stat. 828 (26 U.S.C. 6109))