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It’s saying I need a 14 character long employer ID, but my employer ID on my W-2 is 9 characters long. What do I do?

 
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It’s saying I need a 14 character long employer ID, but my employer ID on my W-2 is 9 characters long. What do I do?

the 9 digits is the employer EIN.  box b 

14 character is a control number which you can leave blank.  box d

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