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Quick start for business taxpayers > Business registration > Registration help
Do I need a Minnesota tax ID?
You need a Minnesota tax ID if you:- Make taxable sales or leases in Minnesota;
- Perform taxable services in Minnesota;
- Withhold Minnesota income taxes from employees’ wages;
- Withhold Minnesota income taxes from construction contractors;
- Make estimated business tax payments;
- File a Minnesota corporation franchise, S corporation or partnership tax return;
- File fiduciary income tax returns as an estate, trust or personal representative;
- File or pay MinnesotaCare taxes or special taxes, such as alcohol, tobacco or insurance premium taxes;
- Are a vendor of goods and services to a state government agency or to a business receiving payments from a state agency;
- Have use tax to report (read Sales Tax Fact Sheet 146 and Sales Tax Fact Sheet 156 for details); or
- Have solid-waste management (SWM) taxes to report register for sales and use tax online.
For additional information, see Do I need to register?If you already have a Minnesota tax ID, you may need to apply for a new one if:- Your business changes its legal organization, or
- You are required to apply for a new federal employer ID number.
You do not need a Minnesota tax ID number to:- Apply as a nonprofit for an exemption from Minnesota sales tax. Instead, complete Form ST16.
- Apply for federal exempt status as a nonprofit organization under Internal Revenue Section 501(c)(3). Go to the IRS website.
- Open a bank account for your business. If you need a federal employer ID number, go to the IRS website.
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