{ "schema": "ein.agent-service-catalog.v1", "catalogVersion": "2026-10-01", "provider": { "name": "EIN.LLC", "legalEntity": "Neomorphic LLC", "url": "https://ein.llc", "contact": "support@ein.llc" }, "relatedOrganizations": [ { "name": "Neomorphic LLC", "url": "https://neomorphic.io/", "role": "Portfolio owner and technical trust infrastructure provider. EIN.LLC is a separate portfolio product, not a trade name or DBA of Neomorphic LLC." }, { "name": "SameDayDesk", "url": "https://samedaydesk.com/", "role": "Related operating service for agent commerce implementation. Not the EIN.LLC formation product." } ], "offers": [ { "id": "agent-business-readiness", "name": "Agent Business Readiness Scan", "mode": "self-serve", "price": { "currency": "USD", "amount": 0 }, "url": "https://ein.llc/agents/readiness", "action": "assess_business_readiness" }, { "id": "agent-business-launch", "name": "Agent Business Launch", "mode": "scoped-engagement", "price": { "currency": "USD", "amount": null, "note": "Quoted after readiness review; external and government fees are separate." }, "url": "https://ein.llc/agents/launch", "action": "plan_business_launch" } ], "relatedHumanOffers": [ { "name": "Standard LLC formation", "url": "https://ein.llc/pricing", "price": { "currency": "USD", "amount": 399, "note": "One-time service price; the state filing fee is separate." }, "relationship": "Separate human formation offer. It is not counted among the two agent-branch offers." } ], "operations": [ { "id": "assess_business_readiness", "mode": "in-page", "url": "https://ein.llc/agents/readiness", "payment": "free", "price": { "currency": "USD", "amount": 0, "label": "no charge" }, "sideEffects": { "createsProvisionalApplication": false, "requiresIntendedRecipient": false, "requiresConsent": false, "filingAuthority": false, "paymentAuthority": false }, "freeProbe": true, "submitsAnswers": false, "note": "Deterministic rules run in the visitor's page. Selected answers are not submitted. No charge." }, { "id": "plan_business_launch", "mode": "human-scoped", "url": "https://ein.llc/agents/launch", "payment": "free-to-plan", "sideEffects": { "createsProvisionalApplication": false, "requiresIntendedRecipient": false, "requiresConsent": true, "filingAuthority": false, "paymentAuthority": false }, "freeProbe": false, "note": "Planning is free. Paid work starts only after a written scope and controller authorization." }, { "id": "list_agent_business_services", "mode": "http-get", "url": "https://ein.llc/api/v1/service-catalog", "payment": "free", "price": { "currency": "USD", "amount": 0, "label": "no charge" }, "sideEffects": { "createsProvisionalApplication": false, "requiresIntendedRecipient": false, "requiresConsent": false, "filingAuthority": false, "paymentAuthority": false }, "freeProbe": true, "note": "The public catalog is a static GET. It creates no case and accepts no payment. No charge." }, { "id": "assess_formation_need", "mode": "http-post", "method": "POST", "path": "/api/agent/v1/assessments", "operationId": "assessFormation", "handler": "executeAssessFormation", "url": "https://ein.llc/api/agent/v1/assessments", "page": "https://ein.llc/agents/formation", "payment": "free", "price": { "currency": "USD", "amount": 0, "label": "no charge" }, "sideEffects": { "createsProvisionalApplication": false, "requiresIntendedRecipient": false, "requiresConsent": false, "filingAuthority": false, "paymentAuthority": false }, "freeProbe": true, "deploymentStatus": "available", "note": "Formation-need assessment only. Distinct from agent-business readiness. No charge. Never creates checkout." }, { "id": "prepare_application", "mode": "http-post", "method": "POST", "path": "/api/agent/v1/applications", "operationId": "prepareApplication", "handler": "executePrepareApplication", "url": "https://ein.llc/api/agent/v1/applications", "payment": "free", "price": { "currency": "USD", "amount": 0, "label": "no charge" }, "sideEffects": { "createsProvisionalApplication": true, "requiresIntendedRecipient": true, "requiresConsent": true, "filingAuthority": false, "paymentAuthority": false }, "freeProbe": false, "deploymentStatus": "available", "note": "Creates a provisional non-sensitive application and claim URL. No charge. Not approval, filing, or payment." }, { "id": "request_operator_action", "mode": "human-review", "url": "https://ein.llc/review/{applicationId}", "payment": "human-checkout", "sideEffects": { "createsProvisionalApplication": false, "requiresIntendedRecipient": true, "requiresConsent": true, "filingAuthority": false, "paymentAuthority": false }, "freeProbe": false, "deploymentStatus": "available", "note": "Forwarded GET never claims or pays. Continues into protected intake and merchant Stripe checkout." }, { "id": "get_application_status", "mode": "http-get", "method": "GET", "path": "/api/agent/v1/applications/{applicationId}/status", "operationId": "getApplicationStatus", "handler": "executeGetApplicationStatus", "url": "https://ein.llc/api/agent/v1/applications/{applicationId}/status", "payment": "grant-required", "sideEffects": { "createsProvisionalApplication": false, "requiresIntendedRecipient": false, "requiresConsent": false, "filingAuthority": false, "paymentAuthority": false }, "freeProbe": false, "deploymentStatus": "available", "note": "Redacted status under a revocable application-scoped grant. Payment succeeded is not EIN issued." }, { "id": "compare_states", "mode": "http-get", "method": "GET", "path": "/api/agent/v1/compare-states", "url": "https://ein.llc/api/agent/v1/compare-states", "operationId": "compareStates", "handler": "compareStatesHttp", "referenceId": "state-comparison", "mcp": true, "exampleQuery": {}, "payment": "free", "price": { "currency": "USD", "amount": 0, "label": "no charge" }, "sideEffects": { "createsProvisionalApplication": false, "requiresIntendedRecipient": false, "requiresConsent": false, "filingAuthority": false, "paymentAuthority": false }, "freeProbe": true, "deploymentStatus": "available", "readOnly": true, "note": "Read-only government-sourced state rows from referenceData.state-comparison. Does not file, open an account, or take payment. No charge." }, { "id": "explain_ein_route", "mode": "http-get", "method": "GET", "path": "/api/agent/v1/ein-route", "url": "https://ein.llc/api/agent/v1/ein-route", "operationId": "explainEinRoute", "handler": "explainEinRouteHttp", "referenceId": "ein-route", "mcp": true, "exampleQuery": { "hasSsnOrItin": "false", "principalBusinessInUs": "false" }, "payment": "free", "price": { "currency": "USD", "amount": 0, "label": "no charge" }, "sideEffects": { "createsProvisionalApplication": false, "requiresIntendedRecipient": false, "requiresConsent": false, "filingAuthority": false, "paymentAuthority": false }, "freeProbe": true, "deploymentStatus": "available", "readOnly": true, "note": "Read-only IRS EIN channels from referenceData.ein-route. A principal business outside the United States is offered phone, fax, and mail. Does not file or take payment. No charge." }, { "id": "get_compliance_deadlines", "mode": "http-get", "method": "GET", "path": "/api/agent/v1/compliance-deadlines", "url": "https://ein.llc/api/agent/v1/compliance-deadlines", "operationId": "getComplianceDeadlines", "handler": "complianceDeadlinesHttp", "referenceId": "compliance", "mcp": true, "exampleQuery": { "entityType": "single-member-llc", "ownerResidency": "foreign", "formationState": "Wyoming", "formationDate": "2026-03-15" }, "payment": "free", "price": { "currency": "USD", "amount": 0, "label": "no charge" }, "sideEffects": { "createsProvisionalApplication": false, "requiresIntendedRecipient": false, "requiresConsent": false, "filingAuthority": false, "paymentAuthority": false }, "freeProbe": true, "deploymentStatus": "available", "readOnly": true, "note": "Read-only dated obligations. Form 5472 is conditional on reportable transactions and entity status. Uses referenceData.compliance and referenceData.form-5472-filing-rule. Does not file. No charge." }, { "id": "get_compliance_calendar", "mode": "http-get", "method": "GET", "path": "/api/agent/v1/compliance.ics", "url": "https://ein.llc/api/agent/v1/compliance.ics", "operationId": "getComplianceCalendar", "handler": "complianceIcsHttp", "referenceId": "compliance", "mcp": false, "exampleQuery": { "entityType": "single-member-llc", "ownerResidency": "foreign", "formationState": "Wyoming", "formationDate": "2026-03-15" }, "payment": "free", "price": { "currency": "USD", "amount": 0, "label": "no charge" }, "sideEffects": { "createsProvisionalApplication": false, "requiresIntendedRecipient": false, "requiresConsent": false, "filingAuthority": false, "paymentAuthority": false }, "freeProbe": true, "deploymentStatus": "available", "readOnly": true, "note": "Read-only iCalendar for the same inputs as get_compliance_deadlines. HTTP text/calendar only, not an MCP tool. No personal data. Does not file a return. No charge." } ], "referenceData": { "state-comparison": { "retrieved": "2026-09-26", "disclaimer": "Figures are copied from the cited government pages on the retrieved date. This is not legal, tax, or formation advice.", "states": [ { "code": "WY", "name": "Wyoming", "formationFee": { "amountUsd": 100, "label": "Articles of Organization", "notes": "Business Division filing fee schedule, revised June 2026, effective July 1, 2026.", "sourceUrl": "https://sos.wyo.gov/Business/docs/BusinessFees.pdf", "sourceTitle": "Wyoming Secretary of State Business Division filing fee schedule", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "annualFeeOrReport": { "amountUsd": 60, "label": "Annual report license tax minimum", "notes": "Due on the first day of the anniversary month of filing. The license tax is $60 or $0.0002 of assets located and employed in Wyoming, whichever is greater.", "sourceUrl": "https://sos.wyo.gov/faqs.aspx?root=BUS", "sourceTitle": "Wyoming Secretary of State business FAQs", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "franchiseTax": { "amountUsd": null, "label": "No separate franchise tax on the fee schedule", "notes": "The Business Division fee schedule does not list a separate franchise tax. The recurring state charge is the annual report license tax.", "sourceUrl": "https://sos.wyo.gov/Business/docs/BusinessFees.pdf", "sourceTitle": "Wyoming Secretary of State Business Division filing fee schedule", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "registeredAgent": { "required": true, "notes": "The fee schedule charges a reinstatement when an entity has no registered agent.", "sourceUrl": "https://sos.wyo.gov/Business/docs/BusinessFees.pdf", "sourceTitle": "Wyoming Secretary of State Business Division filing fee schedule", "retrieved": "2026-09-26", "reinstatementIfMissing": { "amountUsd": 350, "label": "Reinstatement for no registered agent", "sourceUrl": "https://sos.wyo.gov/Business/docs/BusinessFees.pdf", "sourceTitle": "Wyoming Secretary of State Business Division filing fee schedule", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" } }, "deadlines": [ { "id": "annual-report", "kind": "annual-report", "title": "Wyoming annual report and license tax", "rule": { "type": "anniversary-month-start" }, "amountRef": "annualFeeOrReport", "businessDayRoll": false, "sourceUrl": "https://sos.wyo.gov/Business/docs/HowToCreateAWyomingCompany.pdf", "sourceTitle": "How to Create a Wyoming Company, revised June 2026", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" } ] }, { "code": "DE", "name": "Delaware", "formationFee": { "amountUsd": 110, "label": "Domestic LLC formation", "notes": "Fee schedule revised August 1, 2026, row Formation – domestic.", "sourceUrl": "https://corpfiles.delaware.gov/Fee_Schedule/AugustFee2026.pdf", "sourceTitle": "Delaware Division of Corporations fee schedule, revised August 1, 2026", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "annualFeeOrReport": { "amountUsd": 400, "label": "Annual LLC tax", "notes": "Due on June 1 following the close of the calendar year. There is no annual report. The tax is assessed if the LLC is active at any time from January 1 through December 31.", "sourceUrl": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c018/sc11/index.html", "sourceTitle": "6 Del. C. § 18-1107", "retrieved": "2026-09-26", "latePenalty": { "amountUsd": 200, "label": "Penalty when the annual tax remains unpaid after June 1", "notes": "Interest then accrues at 1.5% for each month or portion of a month until the tax is paid.", "sourceUrl": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c018/sc11/index.html", "sourceTitle": "6 Del. C. § 18-1107(c) and (e)", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" } }, "franchiseTax": { "amountUsd": null, "label": "LLC tax, not the corporate franchise report", "notes": "Limited liability companies pay the annual tax and do not file an annual franchise-tax report. The Division payment page states the same yearly tax and that no annual report is required.", "sourceUrl": "https://corp.delaware.gov/alt-entitytaxinstructions/", "sourceTitle": "Delaware LLC/LP/GP franchise tax instructions", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "registeredAgent": { "required": true, "notes": "A Delaware limited liability company must have and maintain a registered agent in Delaware.", "sourceUrl": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c018/sc01/index.html", "sourceTitle": "6 Del. C. § 18-104", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "deadlines": [ { "id": "annual-tax", "kind": "franchise-tax", "title": "Delaware annual LLC tax", "rule": { "type": "fixed-month-day", "month": 6, "day": 1, "first": "year-after-formation" }, "amountRef": "annualFeeOrReport", "businessDayRoll": false, "sourceUrl": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c018/sc11/index.html", "sourceTitle": "6 Del. C. § 18-1107(c)", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" } ] }, { "code": "NM", "name": "New Mexico", "formationFee": { "amountUsd": 50, "label": "Articles of organization", "notes": "The Legislature's text of the 2015 amendment to NMSA 1978 § 53-19-63(A) sets the fee for filing the original articles of organization and issuing a certificate of organization at fifty dollars ($50.00), collected by the secretary of state. The current compilation states the same amount.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/15%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0438.HTML", "sourceTitle": "New Mexico Legislature, Senate Bill 438 (2015), § 53-19-63(A)", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "annualFeeOrReport": { "amountUsd": null, "label": "No annual report", "notes": "12.3.4.11 NMAC lists the documents a domestic limited liability company must file. An annual report is not among them.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title12/12.003.0004.html", "sourceTitle": "12.3.4.11 NMAC, domestic limited liability companies", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "franchiseTax": { "amountUsd": null, "label": "No franchise tax in the LLC filing rule", "notes": "The domestic LLC filing rule requires the statutory filing fees and a registered agent. It does not state a franchise tax.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title12/12.003.0004.html", "sourceTitle": "12.3.4.11 NMAC, domestic limited liability companies", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "registeredAgent": { "required": true, "notes": "A domestic limited liability company must keep a registered agent and office on file, under the statute cited by 12.3.4.11 NMAC.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title12/12.003.0004.html", "sourceTitle": "12.3.4.11 NMAC, citing NMSA 1978 § 53-19-5", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "deadlines": [] }, { "code": "FL", "name": "Florida", "formationFee": { "amountUsd": 125, "label": "Total fee for a new Florida LLC", "notes": "The required total is the articles fee plus the registered-agent designation. The designation fee records the agent. It is not a commercial registered-agent subscription.", "sourceUrl": "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/forms/fees/llc-fees/", "sourceTitle": "Florida Division of Corporations LLC fees", "retrieved": "2026-09-26", "components": [ { "amountUsd": 100, "label": "Articles of Organization filing fee", "sourceUrl": "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/forms/fees/llc-fees/", "sourceTitle": "Florida Division of Corporations LLC fees", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, { "amountUsd": 25, "label": "Registered agent designation", "sourceUrl": "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/forms/fees/llc-fees/", "sourceTitle": "Florida Division of Corporations LLC fees", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" } ] }, "annualFeeOrReport": { "amountUsd": 138.75, "label": "Annual report filed by May 1", "notes": "The first annual report is due in the calendar year after the year of organization. A report received after May 1 costs more.", "sourceUrl": "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/forms/fees/llc-fees/", "sourceTitle": "Florida Division of Corporations LLC fees", "retrieved": "2026-09-26", "afterDeadline": { "amountUsd": 538.75, "label": "Annual report received after May 1", "sourceUrl": "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/forms/fees/llc-fees/", "sourceTitle": "Florida Division of Corporations LLC fees", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" } }, "franchiseTax": { "amountUsd": null, "label": "No franchise tax on the LLC fee schedule", "notes": "The Division of Corporations LLC fee schedule lists the annual report. It does not list a franchise tax.", "sourceUrl": "https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/forms/fees/llc-fees/", "sourceTitle": "Florida Division of Corporations LLC fees", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "registeredAgent": { "required": true, "notes": "Florida Statutes section 605.0113 requires a registered agent.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/605.0113", "sourceTitle": "Fla. Stat. § 605.0113", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "deadlines": [ { "id": "annual-report", "kind": "annual-report", "title": "Florida annual report", "rule": { "type": "fixed-month-day", "month": 5, "day": 1, "first": "year-after-formation" }, "amountRef": "annualFeeOrReport", "businessDayRoll": false, "sourceUrl": "https://dos.fl.gov/communications/press-releases/2026/secretary-of-state-cord-byrd-reminds-florida-businesses-to-file-annual-report-before-may-1-deadline/", "sourceTitle": "Florida Department of State, May 1 annual report reminder (2026)", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" } ] }, { "code": "TX", "name": "Texas", "formationFee": { "amountUsd": 300, "label": "Certificate of Formation for an LLC", "notes": "Form 205 filing fee.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.texas.gov/corp/instructions/205.shtml", "sourceTitle": "Texas Secretary of State, Form 205 instructions", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "annualFeeOrReport": { "amountUsd": null, "label": "Public Information Report", "notes": "An LLC organized in Texas files a Public Information Report on the franchise-tax due date. No fixed annual fee is stated. A report filed after the due date is assessed a penalty.", "sourceUrl": "https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/franchise/forms/2026-franchise.php", "sourceTitle": "Texas Comptroller, 2026 franchise tax report forms", "retrieved": "2026-09-26", "latePenalty": { "amountUsd": 50, "label": "Penalty on each report filed after the due date", "sourceUrl": "https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/franchise/", "sourceTitle": "Texas Comptroller franchise tax", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" } }, "franchiseTax": { "amountUsd": null, "label": "No tax due at or below the threshold", "notes": "For the 2026 report, no franchise tax is due when annualized total revenue is at or below $2,650,000. The Public Information Report is still required. The annual report is due May 15, or the next business day when May 15 is a weekend or holiday.", "sourceUrl": "https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/franchise/forms/2026-franchise.php", "sourceTitle": "Texas Comptroller, 2026 franchise tax report forms", "retrieved": "2026-09-26", "noTaxDueThreshold": { "amountUsd": 2650000, "label": "2026 no-tax-due threshold", "sourceUrl": "https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/franchise/", "sourceTitle": "Texas Comptroller franchise tax rates, thresholds, and due dates", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" } }, "registeredAgent": { "required": true, "notes": "Texas Business Organizations Code Chapter 5 requires a registered agent.", "sourceUrl": "https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.5.htm", "sourceTitle": "Texas Business Organizations Code Chapter 5", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "deadlines": [ { "id": "franchise-report", "kind": "franchise-tax", "title": "Texas franchise tax report and Public Information Report", "rule": { "type": "fixed-month-day", "month": 5, "day": 15, "first": "year-after-formation" }, "amountRef": "franchiseTax", "businessDayRoll": true, "sourceUrl": "https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/franchise/", "sourceTitle": "Texas Comptroller franchise tax due dates", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" } ] }, { "code": "CA", "name": "California", "formationFee": { "amountUsd": 70, "label": "Articles of Organization (Form LLC-1)", "notes": "Domestic California LLC formation fee published by the Secretary of State.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities/forms/limited-liability-companies-california-domestic", "sourceTitle": "California Secretary of State, domestic LLC forms and fees", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "annualFeeOrReport": { "amountUsd": 20, "label": "Statement of Information (Form LLC-12)", "notes": "Due within 90 days of the initial registration and every two years after that.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities/forms/limited-liability-companies-california-domestic", "sourceTitle": "California Secretary of State, domestic LLC forms and fees", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "franchiseTax": { "amountUsd": 800, "label": "Annual LLC tax", "notes": "Every LLC organized in California pays the annual tax until it cancels. The first payment is due on the 15th day of the 4th month after formation. A calendar-year LLC then uses April 15. A weekend or holiday moves the deadline to the next business day. An added LLC fee applies only when total California income is at least $250,000. That fee is not a fixed obligation for every LLC.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/business/types/limited-liability-company/index.html", "sourceTitle": "California Franchise Tax Board, limited liability company", "retrieved": "2026-09-26", "incomeFeeThreshold": { "amountUsd": 250000, "label": "California income at which the additional LLC fee begins", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/business/types/limited-liability-company/index.html", "sourceTitle": "California Franchise Tax Board, limited liability company", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" } }, "registeredAgent": { "required": true, "notes": "Corporations Code section 17701.13 requires an agent for service of process in California.", "sourceUrl": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CORP§ionNum=17701.13.", "sourceTitle": "Cal. Corp. Code § 17701.13", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, "deadlines": [ { "id": "annual-tax", "kind": "franchise-tax", "title": "California annual LLC tax", "rule": { "type": "fourth-month-day-15" }, "amountRef": "franchiseTax", "businessDayRoll": true, "sourceUrl": "https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/business/types/limited-liability-company/index.html", "sourceTitle": "California Franchise Tax Board, limited liability company", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" }, { "id": "statement-of-information", "kind": "annual-report", "title": "California Statement of Information", "rule": { "type": "days-after-formation", "days": 90, "everyYears": 2 }, "amountRef": "annualFeeOrReport", "businessDayRoll": false, "sourceUrl": "https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities/forms/limited-liability-companies-california-domestic", "sourceTitle": "California Secretary of State, domestic LLC forms and fees", "retrieved": "2026-09-26" } ] } ] }, "ein-route": { "retrieved": "2026-09-26", "einLlcTiming": "demonstrated 2-3 business days for qualifying cases; timing depends on the case", "irsHub": { "url": "https://www.irs.gov/businesses/employer-identification-number", "title": "Employer identification number", "lastReviewed": "2026-07-17" }, "onlineTool": { "url": "https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/get-an-employer-identification-number", "title": "Get an employer identification number", "lastReviewed": "2026-08-19", "timing": "Issued immediately online.", "requiresSsnOrItin": true, "requiresPrincipalBusinessInUs": true, "closedWhenPrincipalBusinessOutsideUs": "Apply by phone, fax, or mail." }, "channels": { "online": { "id": "online", "timing": "Issued immediately online.", "feeUsd": 0, "sourceUrl": "https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/get-an-employer-identification-number", "lastReviewed": "2026-08-19", "who": "The principal place of business is in the United States and the responsible party has an SSN or ITIN." }, "phone": { "id": "phone", "timing": "Call 267-941-1099, Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time.", "number": "267-941-1099", "sourceUrl": "https://www.irs.gov/businesses/employer-identification-number", "lastReviewed": "2026-07-17", "who": "The principal place of business is outside the United States. Domestic applicants cannot get an EIN by phone." }, "fax": { "id": "fax", "timing": "About 4 business days when the form includes a return fax number.", "domesticNumber": "855-641-6935", "internationalNumbers": [ "855-215-1627", "304-707-9471" ], "sourceUrl": "https://www.irs.gov/businesses/employer-identification-number", "lastReviewed": "2026-07-17", "who": "Domestic fax 855-641-6935. From outside the United States, fax 855-215-1627 if the fax is placed inside the United States, or 304-707-9471 if it is placed outside the United States." }, "mail": { "id": "mail", "timing": "Approximately 4 weeks. High inventory can delay processing.", "domesticAddress": "Internal Revenue Service, Attn: EIN Operation, Cincinnati, OH 45999", "internationalAddress": "Internal Revenue Service, Attn: EIN International Operation, Cincinnati, OH 45999", "sourceUrl": "https://www.irs.gov/businesses/employer-identification-number", "lastReviewed": "2026-07-17", "who": "Mail is open to applicants in the United States and outside the United States. The Cincinnati attention line differs." } } }, "compliance": { "retrieved": "2026-09-26", "horizonYears": 4, "form5472": { "form": "Form 5472", "attachedTo": "pro forma Form 1120", "appliesTo": "A foreign-owned U.S. disregarded single-member LLC, and only when Who Must File applies.", "filingIsConditional": true, "notUnconditionalForEveryForeignOwnedSmlc": true, "unknownTransactionFacts": "unknown_needs_review", "whoMustFile": "Generally, a reporting corporation must file Form 5472 if it had a reportable transaction with a foreign or domestic related party.", "exceptionsFromFiling": [ "It had no reportable transactions of the types listed in Parts IV and VI of the form and, in the case of a reporting corporation that is a foreign-owned U.S. DE, also had no reportable transactions of the type listed in Part V of the form." ], "partV": "These transactions include amounts paid or received in connection with the formation, dissolution, acquisition, and disposition of the entity, including contributions to, and distributions from, the entity.", "sharedRule": "Form 5472 is conditional on reportable transactions and entity status. It is not an unconditional mandate for every foreign-owned single-member LLC or every zero-revenue year. Unknown transaction facts are unknown/needs-review, not automatic yes or no. A no-reportable-transaction exception exists. Contributions, distributions, and formation transactions may still be reportable under Part V.", "penaltyUsd": 25000, "continuationPenaltyUsd": 25000, "continuationAfterNoticeDays": 90, "continuationPeriodDays": 30, "instructionsUrl": "https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i5472", "instructionsRevision": "2024-12", "instructionsLastReviewed": "2026-04-30", "sourceTitle": "IRS Instructions for Form 5472 (Rev. December 2024)", "dueNotes": "The pro forma Form 1120, with Form 5472 attached, is due on the due date of that Form 1120. This tool assumes a calendar year, so the date is April 15 of the following year. A weekend or federal holiday, including observed Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia, moves the date to the next business day.", "penaltyNotes": "A penalty of $25,000 is assessed when Form 5472 is not filed when due and in the manner prescribed. If the failure continues for more than 90 days after IRS notice, an additional $25,000 applies for each related party for each 30-day period, or part of a period, after that 90th day." } }, "form-5472-filing-rule": { "id": "form-5472-filing-rule", "source": { "title": "Instructions for Form 5472 (12/2024)", "url": "https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i5472", "retrieved": "2026-09-26", "sections": [ "Who Must File", "Exceptions from filing", "Part V" ] }, "disclaimer": "Source-qualified reading of the IRS instructions page only. Not a filing determination, legal opinion, or tax advice.", "whoMustFile": "Generally, a reporting corporation must file Form 5472 if it had a reportable transaction with a foreign or domestic related party.", "exceptionsFromFiling": [ "It had no reportable transactions of the types listed in Parts IV and VI of the form and, in the case of a reporting corporation that is a foreign-owned U.S. DE, also had no reportable transactions of the type listed in Part V of the form." ], "reportableTransaction": "Any type of transaction listed in Part IV for which monetary consideration was the sole consideration paid or received during the reporting corporation’s tax year; any transaction listed in Part V; or any transaction or group of transactions listed in Part VI.", "partV": "You must check the box in Part V if you are a foreign-owned DE that had any other transaction, as defined by Regulations section 1.482-1(i)(7) not already entered in Part IV. These transactions include amounts paid or received in connection with the formation, dissolution, acquisition, and disposition of the entity, including contributions to, and distributions from, the entity.", "foreignOwnedDeFiling": "While a foreign-owned U.S. DE has no income tax return filing requirement, as a result of final regulations under section 6038A, it will now be required to file a pro forma Form 1120, U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return, with Form 5472 attached by the due date (including extensions) of that Form 1120.", "penaltyInitialUsd": 25000, "penaltyInstructionsQuote": "A penalty of $25,000 will be assessed on any reporting corporation that fails to file Form 5472 when due and in the manner prescribed.", "sharedRule": "Form 5472 is conditional on reportable transactions and entity status. It is not an unconditional mandate for every foreign-owned single-member LLC or every zero-revenue year. Unknown transaction facts are unknown/needs-review, not automatic yes or no. A no-reportable-transaction exception exists. Contributions, distributions, and formation transactions may still be reportable under Part V." } }, "officialClientExamples": [ { "id": "compare-states", "catalogOperationId": "compare_states", "method": "GET", "path": "/api/agent/v1/compare-states", "query": {}, "command": "node --experimental-strip-types tools/ein-machine-entry/bin/run-catalog-examples.mjs --example compare-states" }, { "id": "ein-route-outside-us", "catalogOperationId": "explain_ein_route", "method": "GET", "path": "/api/agent/v1/ein-route", "query": { "hasSsnOrItin": "false", "principalBusinessInUs": "false" }, "command": "node --experimental-strip-types tools/ein-machine-entry/bin/run-catalog-examples.mjs --example ein-route-outside-us" }, { "id": "compliance-foreign-unknown", "catalogOperationId": "get_compliance_deadlines", "method": "GET", "path": "/api/agent/v1/compliance-deadlines", "query": { "entityType": "single-member-llc", "ownerResidency": "foreign", "formationState": "Wyoming", "formationDate": "2026-03-15" }, "command": "node --experimental-strip-types tools/ein-machine-entry/bin/run-catalog-examples.mjs --example compliance-foreign-unknown" }, { "id": "compliance-calendar", "catalogOperationId": "get_compliance_calendar", "method": "GET", "path": "/api/agent/v1/compliance.ics", "query": { "entityType": "single-member-llc", "ownerResidency": "foreign", "formationState": "Wyoming", "formationDate": "2026-03-15" }, "command": "node --experimental-strip-types tools/ein-machine-entry/bin/run-catalog-examples.mjs --example compliance-calendar" } ], "machineEntry": { "id": "ein.formation-http.v1", "kind": "ein.llc.machine-entry", "protocol": "ordinary-https-json", "name": "Formation HTTP: assess → optional prepare → human claim → grant-scoped status", "free": true, "freeProbeOperationIds": [ "assess_business_readiness", "list_agent_business_services", "assess_formation_need", "compare_states", "explain_ein_route", "get_compliance_deadlines", "get_compliance_calendar" ], "newProtocol": false, "a2aAgentCard": false, "agentverseFit": false, "agentverseNote": "SameDayDesk Agentverse agents serve payment integrity / machine commerce audits — not EIN formation. Non-fit known.", "allAgentsNeedEntity": false, "statement": "Not every agent or business needs a US entity or EIN. Discover, assess once from operator-supplied non-sensitive facts, and stop on terminal outcomes. Do not invent an entity requirement.", "surfaces": { "catalog": "https://ein.llc/api/v1/service-catalog", "openapi": "https://ein.llc/api/agent/v1/openapi.json", "mcp": "https://ein.llc/mcp", "agentCard": "https://ein.llc/.well-known/agent-card.json", "apiCatalog": "https://ein.llc/.well-known/api-catalog", "quickstart": "https://ein.llc/agents/http-quickstart", "clientDownload": "https://ein.llc/agents/http-client-download", "formationPage": "https://ein.llc/agents/formation", "partnerDecision": "https://ein.llc/agents/partner-decision" }, "operationIds": [ "assess_formation_need", "prepare_application", "request_operator_action", "get_application_status" ], "knowledge": { "id": "ein.knowledge-http.v1", "readOnly": true, "publishedHomepage": false, "humanPreview": "artifacts/ein-llc/src/site/preview/knowledge-preview.ts", "operationIds": [ "compare_states", "explain_ein_route", "get_compliance_deadlines", "get_compliance_calendar" ], "mcpOperationIds": [ "compare_states", "explain_ein_route", "get_compliance_deadlines" ], "httpOnlyOperationIds": [ "get_compliance_calendar" ] }, "maintainedRuntime": { "name": "ein-formation-http-client", "docs": "https://ein.llc/agents/http-client-download", "tgz": "https://ein.llc/downloads/ein-formation-http-client-v0.1.0.tgz", "zip": "https://ein.llc/downloads/ein-formation-http-client-v0.1.0.zip", "manifest": "https://ein.llc/downloads/ein-formation-http-client.json", "note": "Official maintained standalone Node client (zero npm deps). Prefer this over inventing a second HTTP stack." }, "portableContinuation": { "name": "ein-activation-continuation", "version": "0.1.5", "spdxLicense": "MIT", "manifest": "https://ein.llc/downloads/ein-activation-continuation.json", "tgz": "https://ein.llc/downloads/ein-activation-continuation-v0.1.5.tgz", "versionedManifest": "https://ein.llc/downloads/ein-activation-continuation-v0.1.5.json", "frozenPredecessor": "ein-activation-continuation-v0.1.4.tgz", "publicationStatus": "published", "hostedVerification": "received", "libraryDownloadIsCustomerActivation": false, "note": "Caller-owned continuation over the existing HTTP, MCP, and A2A contracts. A lost prepare reply replays the same operation id. Downloading it does not assess, prepare, claim, or pay." }, "operatorConstraints": [ "Operator-supplied non-sensitive AssessmentInput only — never passport/SSN/EIN digits/secrets in assess/prepare bodies.", "Stop on already_satisfied, not_needed_now, or insufficient_information — do not prepare.", "Agents never claim, pay, or invent grants.", "Prepare is provisional and free; it is not approval, filing, or checkout. No charge. A free probe must not call prepare_application.", "Bound prepare replays one application for the same assessment, intended recipient, and stored preparation. An explicit operationId is a global idempotency key: a different assessment or payload returns 409 and changes nothing. Unbound prepare has no idempotency key; do not auto-retry an unknown unbound outcome.", "Do not treat catalog or assess output as a discount, SLA, white-label agreement, or universal timing guarantee." ], "whenHumanOwnedClaimHelps": [ "After prepare returns applicationId + claimUrl — a natural person must open claim/review before confidential intake and Stripe checkout.", "When communication/payment/filing ownership is blank or unknown — human decides; automation must not invent owners.", "When an agent needs status after claim — the human issues a revocable grant; agents only read grant-scoped status." ], "offerReferenced": { "offerId": "llc-ein-399", "priceNote": "$399 + state filing fees", "timingNote": "2–3 business days for qualifying cases (not a universal SLA or guarantee)" }, "freeExample": { "description": "Literal free assess only. No prepare, claim, or payment.", "method": "POST", "path": "/api/agent/v1/assessments", "contentType": "application/json", "body": { "goal": "Accept Stripe for a SaaS product", "hasUsEntity": "no", "hasEin": "no", "providerRequiresUsEntity": "yes", "providerRequiresEin": "yes", "selectedState": "Wyoming", "foreignOwnedCaution": false }, "negativeBody": { "goal": "Continue an existing US business", "hasUsEntity": "yes", "hasEin": "yes" }, "negativeExpectedOutcome": "already_satisfied", "clientCommands": [ "node cli.mjs discover --origin https://ein.llc", "node cli.mjs assess --origin https://ein.llc < examples/assess-positive.json", "node cli.mjs assess --origin https://ein.llc < examples/assess-satisfied.json" ], "adapterExample": "tools/ein-machine-entry/bin/run-free-example.mjs" } }, "notOfferedOnThisOrigin": [ "x402 paid endpoint", "OpenAPI operations other than documented discovery and agent formation HTTP", "quote_service API", "explain_requirement API" ], "capabilities": [ { "id": "entity-ein", "title": "Entity and EIN foundation", "state": "available", "hypothesis": "A real organization and accountable controller are prerequisites for provider-grade agent operations.", "inputs": [ "Founder and controller facts", "Target activity", "State and ownership constraints" ], "outputs": [ "Formation and EIN sequence", "Provider-ready business fact map", "Open dependency list" ], "humanGate": "The natural-person controller authorizes filings and payment before submission." }, { "id": "controller-agent-map", "title": "Controller and agent map", "state": "available", "hypothesis": "Each agent needs a traceable relationship to the organization, controller, environment, and evidence it uses.", "inputs": [ "Organization facts", "Agent inventory", "Runtime and provider inventory" ], "outputs": [ "Organization-to-agent map", "Evidence visibility map", "Discrepancy register" ], "humanGate": "The controller confirms what may be public and what remains private." }, { "id": "authority", "title": "Authority and revocation", "state": "operator-assisted", "hypothesis": "Useful agent authority must be explicit, bounded, time-limited, and revocable in the system that enforces it.", "inputs": [ "Allowed actions", "Limits and approvals", "Expiry and revocation path" ], "outputs": [ "Authority matrix", "Approval thresholds", "Revocation drill plan" ], "humanGate": "The controller chooses the limits and performs the final authorization." }, { "id": "payments", "title": "Payment controls", "state": "operator-assisted", "hypothesis": "A wallet or API key is not a payment policy; the buyer needs price, counterparty, replay, and kill-switch controls.", "inputs": [ "Provider and rail", "Spend policy", "Counterparty and settlement requirements" ], "outputs": [ "Payment-control plan", "Preflight checklist", "Reconciliation and shutdown test" ], "humanGate": "Funds and reusable credentials stay customer- or provider-controlled." }, { "id": "merchant", "title": "Merchant and delivery readiness", "state": "operator-assisted", "hypothesis": "An agent-readable offer needs explicit inputs, price, delivery contract, receipt, support, and refund behavior.", "inputs": [ "Live offer", "Delivery contract", "Checkout or payment route" ], "outputs": [ "Machine-readable offer", "Delivery and receipt checks", "Controlled test-purchase plan" ], "humanGate": "No charge is represented as live until the seller route and delivery are tested." }, { "id": "evidence", "title": "Provider and evidence packet", "state": "available", "hypothesis": "Reusable, attributed evidence reduces repeated provider review without pretending to guarantee approval.", "inputs": [ "Provider requirements", "Current source records", "Public and private visibility rules" ], "outputs": [ "Requirement matrix", "Attributed evidence packet", "Provider decision log" ], "humanGate": "Eligibility and approval remain with each provider." } ], "ordering": { "instantAgentCheckout": false, "controllerAuthorizationRequired": true, "paymentCollectedOnlyAfterScope": true }, "boundaries": [ "An agent is a business system, not the IRS responsible party.", "Eligibility and approval remain with each provider.", "EIN.LLC does not hold customer funds, private keys, seed phrases, pooled funds, or reusable payment credentials.", "Capability descriptions are modules inside one engagement, not independent certifications or licenses.", "EIN.LLC is not a bank, payment network, custodian, law firm, government issuer, or autonomous agent.", "Agent status never includes passport, SSN, EIN digits, or private document URLs." ] }