Tax ID Format Changes to SSN Format

Posted by spenceman1013 on January 30, 2007, 11:06 pm

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I am trying to change a tax ID for a vendor to show as and XX-XXXXXXX
format as opposed to a SSN format. I don't know if I originally typed
the ID# in as a SSN format or with no " - ", but now the program will
not let me change the format no matter what I do. If I put in any
other number (even one digit difference) it will let me do the other
format. HELP!

Posted by L on January 31, 2007, 8:33 am

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>I am trying to change a tax ID for a vendor to show as and XX-XXXXXXX

> format as opposed to a SSN format. I don't know if I originally typed

> the ID# in as a SSN format or with no " - ", but now the program will

> not let me change the format no matter what I do. If I put in any

> other number (even one digit difference) it will let me do the other

> format. HELP!

Sounds like one of those wonky things that happen in software. Try this.
Change the number to any other value, with the desired format (try 99-99999)
and then closing the file. Hopefully, when you reopen, the new number will
be seen as the one where the format cannot be changed, and the same
mechanism that allowed you to change the number initially will allow you to
revert back to the old value, with the new format.

Posted by spenceman1013 on January 31, 2007, 11:37 am

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> >I am trying to change a tax ID for a vendor to show as and XX-XXXXXXX

> > format as opposed to a SSN format. I don't know if I originally typed

> > the ID# in as a SSN format or with no " - ", but now the program will

> > not let me change the format no matter what I do. If I put in any

> > other number (even one digit difference) it will let me do the other

> > format. HELP!

> Sounds like one of those wonky things that happen in software. Try this.

> Change the number to any other value, with the desired format (try 99-99999)

> and then closing the file. Hopefully, when you reopen, the new number will

> be seen as the one where the format cannot be changed, and the same

> mechanism that allowed you to change the number initially will allow you to

> revert back to the old value, with the new format.

Thanks for the idea. I hadn't tried that yet, but alas, when I did as
you suggested, the darn program returned it to the SSN format!

Posted by Allan Martin on January 31, 2007, 9:21 am

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>I am trying to change a tax ID for a vendor to show as and XX-XXXXXXX

> format as opposed to a SSN format. I don't know if I originally typed

> the ID# in as a SSN format or with no " - ", but now the program will

> not let me change the format no matter what I do. If I put in any

> other number (even one digit difference) it will let me do the other

> format. HELP!

What version of QB do you have?