A Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) is a nine digit number assigned by the IRS to identify a business entity. NeweggBusiness Primary accounts are powerful purchasing tools and require an EIN for the following reasons.
- The NeweggBusiness shopping experience and select products are exclusively for authorized business entities.
- To ensures that an organization’s owner or manager is aware of the fact that an account is being created in the organization’s name.
- To prevent duplicate accounts from being created for the same organization and also to link multiple user accounts together within an organization’s Primary account.
- Some purchases meeting certain requirements may be tax-exempt for organizations with a valid EIN and additional documentation on file with NeweggBusiness.
For more information about EINs, please see the IRS’ EIN Information page.