[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR53.22]

[Page 167-168]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 53_MANUFACTURERS EXCISE TAXES_FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart C_Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec.  53.22  Employer identification number.

    (a) Requirement of application. (1) Except for one-time or 
occasional filers, every person who makes a sale or use of an article 
with respect to which a tax is imposed by section 4181 of the Code, and 
who has not earlier been assigned an employer identification number or 
has not applied for one, shall make an application on Form SS-4 for an 
employer identification number. The application and any supplementary 
statement accompanying it shall be prepared in accordance with the 
applicable form, instructions, and regulations and shall set forth fully 
and clearly the data therein called for. Form SS-4 may be obtained from 
any internal revenue district office or internal revenue service center. 
The application shall be filed with the internal revenue officer 
designated in the instructions applicable to Form SS-4. The application 
shall be signed by:
    (i) The individual if the person is an individual;
    (ii) The president, vice-president, or other principal officer, if 
the person is a corporation;
    (iii) A responsible and duly authorized member or officer having 
knowledge of its affairs, if the person is a partnership or other 
unincorporated organization; or
    (iv) The fiduciary, if the person is a trust or estate.
    An employer identification number will be assigned to the person in 
due course upon the basis of information reported on the application 
required under this section.
    (2) Time for filing Form SS-4. The application for an employer 
identification number shall be filed no later than the seventh day after 
the date of the first sale or use of an article with respect to which a 
tax is imposed by chapter 32 of the Code. However, the application 
should be filed far enough

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in advance of the first required use of such number to permit issuance 
of the number in time for compliance with such requirement.
    (3) One-time or occasional filers. A person who files a return under 
the provisions of section 53.151(a)(5) is not required to make 
application for an employer identification number. Such persons may use 
their social security number on any return, statement or other document 
submitted to TTB by that person in lieu of an employer identification 
number.
    (b) Use of employer identification number. The employer 
identification number assigned to a person liable for a tax imposed by 
chapter 32 of the Code shall be shown on any return, statement, or other 
document submitted to TTB by the person.

[T.D. ATF-308, 56 FR 303, Jan. 3, 1991, as amended by T.D. ATF-365, 60 
FR 33670, June 28, 1995; T.D. ATF-447, 66 FR 19088, Apr. 13, 2001]