---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 25.168"
title: "27"
number: "25.168"
heading: "Employer identification number."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/25.168"
---

# §25.168. Employer identification number.


The employer identification number (defined at [26 CFR 301.7701-12](/cfr/26/301.7701-12.md)) of the taxpayer who has been assigned the number will be shown on each return on Form 5000.24, filed under this part. Failure of the taxpayer to include the employer identification number on Form 5000.24 may result in imposition of the penalty specified in [§ 70.113](/cfr/27/70.113.md) of this chapter. A brewer shall apply for an employer identification number on IRS Form SS-4 as provided in [§ 25.169](/cfr/27/25.169.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-224, 51 FR 7673, Mar. 5, 1986, as amended by T.D. ATF-301, 55 FR 47605, Nov. 14, 1990; T.D. TTB-79, 74 FR 37405, July 28, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 81c; 26 U.S.C. 5002, 5051-5054, 5056, 5061, 5121, 5122-5124, 5222, 5401-5403, 5411-5417, 5551, 5552, 5555, 5556, 5671, 5673, 5684, 6011, 6061, 6065, 6091, 6109, 6151, 6301, 6302, 6311, 6313, 6402, 6651, 6656, 6676, 6806, 7342, 7606, 7805; 31 U.S.C. 9301, 9303-9308.

### Source

Source: T.D. ATF-224, 51 FR 7673, Mar. 5, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-224, 51 FR 7673, Mar. 5, 1986, as amended by T.D. ATF-301, 55 FR 47605, Nov. 14, 1990; T.D. TTB-79, 74 FR 37405, July 28, 2009]