# irs.gov / legal_admin.apply_ein

Health: degraded
AES: 73
Confidence: low 0.28
Freshness: 0d

## Recipe

Status: active
URI: recipe://irs.gov/legal_admin.apply_ein/public-preflight-v1

1. Open the documented public path for Internal Revenue Service: IRS.gov -> Get an EIN -> Apply online; the online assistant is free, issues an EIN immediately, and is open weekdays during posted hours. Requires a valid responsible-party SSN/ITIN/EIN.
2. Check the listed blockers and policy constraints before entering account, payment, booking, or cancellation state.
3. Stop before any irreversible or user-sensitive action and ask for explicit approval.

## Human Approval

Keep the user present for authentication. Do not request, store, or replay credentials or one-time codes.

## Do Not Cross

- Keep the user present for any login, identity verification, or payment step.
- One EIN per responsible party per day; do not retry against the daily limit.
- Use only the official IRS assistant, not paid look-alike sites.
- Provide informational workflow guidance only, not legal advice.

## Success Signals

- EIN issued on confirmation screen
- CP 575 confirmation notice

## Blockers

- login_required
- human_handoff_required

## Recommended Actions

- Keep the user present for any login, identity verification, or payment step. Keeps the agent inside documented, reversible, user-approved boundaries.
- Capture handoff evidence and pause before accepting retention offers. Keeps user intent explicit during adversarial cancellation flows.