Trust ID number - any way to verify???

[maverick]

Last week an efiling company called regarding the federal employer ID number (FEIN) we used on a 2001 Form 1099-R. They were efiling a former participant's 2001 1040 and the FEIN was rejected because it did not match the employer name. We took this plan over from a bank several years ago and I think we just continued to use the trust ID the bank entered on Schedule P. I suspect that this trust ID number is the bank's, not one applied for in the employer's name. Is anyone aware of a resource I can use to verify the name associated with a particular FEIN/trust number? Thanks. Maverick

[Fredman]

Was the bank the trustee? If so, then the number you are using probably belongs to the bank.

Go to www.freeerisa.com and sign up for a new account if you don't already have one. They have an EIN finder...you can enter the company name or do a reverse lookup and enter the EIN. How cool is that?

[maverick]

What.

Thanks Fredman, just what the doctor ordered. Too bad the EIN I entered didn't get a hit. Tried another one and it worked fine. Thanks again.