Before taking on that new client or hiring that new outsource firm, save yourself some headache and find out a little about who you are dealing with.Learn how to verify incorporation, uncover valid EIN Tax ID Numbers (required by IRS), and run a quick check for Federal Tax Liens, UCC Liens, and basic company info such as : Officers, URL, Description, Years in Business, anything especially positive or negative ... key contacts.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Quick Business Due DIligence Checkup
www.FEINSearch.Com offers a one stop portal to search and verify / uncover Business Tax ID EIN Numbers (Federal EMployer ID Numbers - as assigned bythe IRS), find company information, officers, start date, SIC COdes, URL, Description and run a check for FEDERAL TAX LIENS, UCC LIENS, and/or double check Profit or NON Profit status from official Government sources such as IRS FOrm 990 and Dept of Labor Form 5500.
I recommend: www.feinsearch.com
EIN Research Search PORTAL
Register Free and Easy / First 25 or so seraches FREE to try it.
Articles and Helpful Information
www.feinfinder.com
Uncover and Locate Elusive EIN Numbers
Find, Verify, Unvover or simply locate TAX UD Numbers for any company you do business with. Run a quick serach at www.FEINSearch.Com Are they a Non Profit ? You can check that as well at the same place - 2 important pieces of information !
Finally I suggest Searching thier FEDERAL TAX LIEN Serach as well (Businesses only). Would enter into a large contract with a company with a large Federal Tax Lien ? Would you like to know whether your main clients have or had TAX LIENS ? You might be surprised.
Also find out about UCC - Uniform COmmercial Code FIlings and Corporate Bankruptcy (Chapter 11 and Chapter 7) info at the same place !!
Valuable Information !! EIN FINDER and FED TAX LIENS Search at the same time !!!
Plus its over 7.5 million records - the largest single repository of TAX ID information in the Nation !
I recommend: http://www.feinsearch.com
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- Be careful and a bit skeptical how you do business and whom you enter into agreements and contracts with; dont fly by seat of your pants - its too easy to get hurt that way.
Invest a little time into Due Diligence and a quick information check up on your potential clients, vendors, partners or consultants. A little homework goes a long way toward healthy and profitable relationships !
Try it in one handy place www.FEINSearch.com
- You might also consider running a serach for credit rating, civil suits, court judgements locally (you can perhaps find them online or subscribe to a service) and my favorits research tool..... run a simply local newspaper archive search ! Its usually available online (check with the local paper where THEY do business) or run a NEXIS search by LEXIS Nexis.
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