This is very quick and easy to do and is available online from the IRS.

You need an FEIN if you:

• Start a new business
• Have employees
• Operate your business as a corporation or a partnership
• File any of these tax returns: Employment, Excise, or Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
• Withhold taxes on income, other than wages, paid to a non-resident alien
• Have a Keogh plan
• Are involved with any of the following types of organizations
  • Trusts, except certain grantor-owned revocable trusts, IRAs, Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Returns
  • Estates
  • Real estate mortgage investment conduits
  • Non-profit organizations
  • Farmers' cooperatives
  • Plan administrators

Before you get started, review the information on How to Apply for an EIN from the IRS.