TIN matching
In accounting, TIN matching means the IRS e-Services check of a payee's name and taxpayer identification number against IRS records, open to payers who file information returns. It says whether the pair matches, not what the right number is.
Authority: IRS — TIN Matching (opens in a new tab). Sources
The lesson that teaches this
From the free founder back-office course, taught on one company's books, with exercises to work it yourself.
TIN matching, in use
Quoted from the document that use the word: what it does to an interface, in the spec's own words.
Registry lookups (IRS TIN matching, VIES, HMRC, ABN Lookup) belong to the consumer's backend and come back through error.
For founders
The same idea written for a founder: what it costs a startup that ignores it, and what to do in a real month.
What it is not called
Each of these means something else. Use one here and an accountant reading the product notices.
- TIN verification
- EIN lookup
Components that render this
These components name it in their spec, grouped and labeled exactly as the catalog shows them.
Components that render the terms it depends on
Few components name this concept outright, but it's built from terms they do name. These render payee.
Also in Payables
Defined in Lexicon. This page is generated from that document, so the two can't disagree.