This information is required as part of Stripe's mandatory identity verification requirement: Stripe must collect, verify and maintain information on the individuals associated with every US Stripe account, as required by our regulators and financial partners. This is intended to promote transparency and prevent individuals from using complex company structures to hide terrorist financing, money laundering, tax evasion and other financial crimes.

You can view/update your verification information on the dashboard.

Tax ID guidelines

If the business representative on the Stripe account is a US individual, then:

• We expect you to list your social security number ("SSN") as issued by the Social Security Administration and which you would list on your US tax return.  
• If you don't have an SSN, please list your individual taxpayer identification number ("ITIN"). ITINs are issued by the Internal Revenue Service and are given to qualifying individuals who are unable to get an SSN. 

If the business representative on the Stripe account is not a US individual, then:

• Without a SSN or ITIN, we expect you to provide your local non-US tax ID and respective documentation to confirm that you aren't a US taxpayer. For more information on acceptable documentation, please visit our Stripe Docs.

Why does Stripe ask for the business representative's/owner's full nine-digit SSN/ITIN at $500K of lifetime payment volume for the account?

• If your business representative, who is also an account owner, only provided the last four digits of their SSN/ITIN during onboarding, they will be required to provide their full nine-digit SSN/ITIN at $500K of the account's lifetime payment volume to confirm that we have the correct SSN/ITIN on file.
• All listed owners of the Stripe account will need to provide their full nine-digit SSN/ITIN at $500K of the account's lifetime payment volume to confirm that we have the correct SSN/ITIN on file.

You can view/update your verification information on the dashboard.

Additional information

• Our Privacy Policy explains how and for what purposes we collect, use, retain, disclose and safeguard any personal data that you provide to us.