Tax ID Number (TIN) format is different than Stripe’s suggested TIN format

Verification

If your tax ID number (TIN) does not look like the example TIN shown in your account for your country’s TIN format and is not able to be verified, you may be attempting to enter a TIN that is registered in a different country. You must have a TIN (or government-issued ID number, if individual or sole proprietor) registered in your country of business in order to use Stripe.

Since you cannot change the country set for your account once it is submitted, you will need to create a new account in the country in which your TIN is registered.

Signing up without a tax ID or employer ID number

You must enter a verifiable tax ID number (Employer Identification Number or Social Security Number). Even when using an Employer Identification…

Cannot verify tax ID number

When you submit your tax ID number (TIN) and business name, it is checked against the IRS’s database. If there is no confirmation from the IRS that…

Tax ID verification guidelines by business type in the US

Below are guidelines of what business information commonly matches with the IRS, sorted by business type. These are general guidelines; each business…