No; please do not include the leading zero (" 0 ") in your Employer Identification Number (EIN).
All Employer Identification Numbers should follow the same basic format, and be nine digits long. The first two
digits in the sequence are traditionally separated from the remaining seven digits by a dash. For example:
12-3456789. No EINs begin with a zero. The dash is required, according to the IRS. For a direct analogy, an EIN is to a business, what a Social Security Number (SSN) is to an individual
taxpayer.
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