changing employer name that appears on form 945

[maverick]

Company name originally Smith Jones Animal Hospital. For whatever reason it was changed to Animal Hospital of Gotham. Corporate return (1120) now filed under new name, but the blank 945 sent out annually by the IRS still indicates Smith Jones Animal Hospital. Is there an IRS form I can use to change the company name associated with a federal tax ID number? I searched the IRS website and got a couple thousand hits.

Thanks.

[Earl]

I tried to do this once. the process of changing a name associated with a TIN was impossible and took months with several follow ups.

Now I just get a new number.

And I don't worry about the asset registration. I just say use the new number for new accounts and eventually it washes out. Filing a W-9 to change the asset registration is pretty easy though.

I will never try to change a name associated with a TIN again.