Tax Payer Identification (TIN) Matching
TIN Matching service allows "authorized payers" the opportunity to match 1099 payee
information against IRS records prior to filing information returns. An authorized
payer is one who has filed information returns with the IRS in at least one of the
two past tax years. Interactive TIN Matching will accept up to 25 payee TIN/Name
combinations on-screen while Bulk TIN Matching will allow up to 100,000 payee TIN/Name
combinations to be matched via a text file submission.