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State 

Alternate Names for the 'Payer's State Number' in Respective States

State Withholding Number valid Format

Alabama (AL)

Alabama Withholding Tax Account Number

10 digits (Eg: 0000123456)
Constant R followed by 9 digits (Eg: R007999999)

Arizona (AZ)

Arizona Withholding Account Number

2 digits and hyphen followed by 7 digits
(Eg: 99-9999999)

9 digits (Eg: 999999999)

Arkansas (AR)

Arkansas State Income Tax ID Number    

99999999-ZZZ (8 digits + "WHW")

California (CA)

State ID number

999-9999-9

Colorado (CO)

Colorado Account Number

99999999

Connecticut (CT)

Connecticut Tax Registration Number       

8 digits and hyphen followed by 3 digits (Eg: 99999999-999)

9 digits and a hyphen followed by 3 digits (Eg: 999999999-999)

10 digits and a hyphen followed by 3 digits (Eg: 9999999999-999)

Delaware (DE)

Delaware Withholding Tax Account Number    

9-999999999-999

District of Columbia (DC)

DC Withholding Account Number  

999999999999

Georgia (GA)

Withholding Number

9999999-AA

Hawaii (HI)

Tax ID Number

GE-999-999-9999-01

Idaho (ID)

Idaho Withholding Account Number

999999999

Illinois (IL)

Taxpayer ID

99-9999999-999

Indiana (IN)

Tax Identification Number

0999999999 999 (13 digits, beginning with a 0)

Iowa (IA)

Iowa Withholding Permit Number   

99-9999999-999 (12 digits) or 

9-99-999999 (9 digits)

Kansas (KS)

Kansas Withholding Account Number

036-999999999-F01 (“036” + Federal EIN + “F01”)

Kentucky (KY)

Kentucky Withholding Tax Account Number

999999

Louisiana (LA)

Louisiana Revenue Account Number 

9999999-001

Maine (ME)

Withholding Account Number

99-9999999AA        

99-999999999

Maryland (MD)

Maryland Central Registration Number     

99999999

Massachusetts (MA)

Massachusetts Withholding Account Number

WTH-99999999-999

Michigan (MI)

Michigan Withholding Account Number   

99-9999999

Mississippi (MS)

Mississippi Withholding Account Number    

9999-9999 (8 digits)

Missouri (MO)

Missouri Withholding Account Number    

99999999

Montana (MT)

Montana Withholding Account Number     

9999999999 WTH (10 digits + WTH)

Nebraska (NE)

Nebraska ID Number

99999999

New Jersey (NJ)

New Jersey Employer Registration Number   

999999999/999         

999-999-999/999

New Mexico (NM)

New Mexico Business Tax Identification Number (NMBTIN)

99-999999-99-9    

99-999999-999

North Carolina (NC)

Withholding Account Identification Number

999999999

North Dakota (ND)

Account Number

99999999999

Ohio (OH)

Ohio Withholding Account Number

59 999999 (8 digits, must begin with a 5)

Oklahoma (OK)

Oklahoma Withholding Tax Account ID

WTH-99999999-99

Oregon (OR)

Oregon Business Identification Number  

If your BIN was 1234567-8 then you would enter 01234567-8

01234567-8 (9 digits, must begin with a 0)

Pennsylvania (PA)

4 digits and space followed by 4 digits (Eg: 9999 9999) or

8 digits (Eg: 99999999)

Rhode Island (RI)

Rhode Island Withholding Account Number 

99-9999999

99999999999

South Carolina (SC)

Withholding File Number

99999999

Utah (UT)

Utah Withholding Account ID     

99999999-999-WTH

12345678901WTH (a 14-character number. (11 digits + WTH))

Minnesota (MN)

Minnesota Withholding Tax ID Number

9999999 (7 digits)

Vermont (VT)

Vermont Withholding Account Number    

WHT-12345678 (WHT-00000000 (WHT + 8 digits))

Virginia (VA)

Virginia TAX Account Number

 2-digit code for the tax type of that return ( ex. 10 = Sales Tax, 12 = Use Tax, 30 = Withholding Tax, etc.), and

9-digit FEIN, and 

the letter "F" to indicate FEIN, and 

3-digit code for the business location. 

Eg, 10-123456789F-001

West Virginia (WV)

WV tax account number

Eight digits, Eg: 99999999

Wisconsin (WI)

Withholding tax account number

15-digit Wisconsin tax account number

036999999999999

Wyoming

N/A

N/A

Washington

N/A

N/A

South Dakota

N/A

N/A

Tennessee

N/A

N/A

Texas

N/A

N/A

Nevada

N/A

N/A

Alaska

N/A

N/A

New Hampshire

N/A

N/A

New York

N/A

N/A

Florida

N/A

N/A