Required Documents By Business Type to Open an Account

Sole Proprietor

  • Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)

  • If applicable, the Fictitious Name Certificate, Certificate of Assumed Name, or the Business License

Partnership

  • Federal Employee Identification Number (EIN) -If your business does not have an EIN, you may apply for one via the IRS website or by calling the IRS at 1(800) 829-4933

  • Partnership Agreement (if there is no agreement, obtain a statement stating so with all partners’ signatures) or filed Limited Partnership Agreement; a copy of the Limited Partnership Agreement that is not filed may be accepted until the state filing is complete.

    If applicable, a Fictitious Name Certificate, a Certificate of Assumed Name, or a Business License.

  • If applicable, the LLP registration form filed with the state

  • Limited partnerships must:

    • File a certification of the partnership information with the state in which the business has its principal location

    • Include the term limited partnership or LP in their legal name

  • Limited Liability Partnerships or Professional Limited Liability Partnerships must include either LLP or PLLP in the account titles

Limited Liability Company

  • Federal Employee Identification Number (EIN) – If your business does not have an EIN, you may apply for one via the IRS website or by calling the IRS at 1(800) 829-4933

  • Articles of Organization

  • Operating Agreement

  • If applicable, the Fictitious Name Certificate, Certificate of Assumed Name, or the Business License; limited Liability Companies must include LLC in the account title

Corporation

  •  Federal Employee Identification Number (EIN) -If your business does not have an EIN, you may apply for one via the IRS website or by calling the IRS at  1(800) 829-4933

  • Articles of Incorporation or a Certificate of Good Standing

  • Corporate Resolution

Incorporated, Unincorporated Association, Organizations, or Non-Profit Organizations

  • Federal Employee Identification Number (EIN) -If your business does not have an EIN, you may apply for one via the IRS website or by calling the IRS at 1(800) 829-4933

  • When the account is opened in the name of the organization, all of the qualification criteria of the entity type, such as corporation, of the organization must be met