Tips for entering your business information.

When you sign up for Squarespace Payments, you may need to provide more information to verify your business. Use this guide to help you prevent or resolve common mistakes and issues that may come up in the verification process.

Verification

The type of information you need to provide for verification depends on if you sign up as an individual, company, or nonprofit. To sign up for a Squarespace Payments account, you need to provide the following information:

• Name
• Date of birth
• Home or business address
• Personal contact information
• Job title
• Industry (select closest match)
• Social security number (SSN), Taxpayer identification number (TIN), or Employer identification number (EIN)
• Business name
• Business phone number
• Business URL or product description
• Customer Support contact information

Where to find your business information

Some IRS documents you can reference are:

• SS-4 confirmation letter
• Letter 147C

You can request a Letter 147C by calling the IRS Business Specialty Tax Line toll-free at 1-800-829-4933.

Entering your business information

When entering your business information, keep in mind the following things:

Letter case, punctuation, and symbols

To verify your information with the IRS, the legal name and tax ID you enter need to match the information displayed on the IRS-issued document exactly.

Review the following examples:

Letter 147C example 1

If your entity name looks like this on your Letter 147C, you'd enter your legal entity name as: ACME INC

Letter 147C example 2

If your entity name looks like this on your Letter 147C, you'd enter your legal entity name as: ACME LLC THERESA LOPEZ-FITZGERALD SOLE MBR

EIN and TIN records

New employee identification and tax identification numbers may take up to two weeks before they become part of the IRS's permanent records. If you try to verify your business with Squarespace Payments too early, you may run into problems. If you have trouble locating your EIN or TIN, visit Lost or Misplaced Your EIN or Taxpayer Identification Numbers.

Note: If you’re asked to provide an EIN or TIN but don’t have one, it’s possible the wrong business type was selected when your account was created. Contact Customer Support to ask about changing your business type.