---
id: "usptin"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii", "persons"]
country: ["US"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 48
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/usptin"
---

# US PTIN (Preparer Tax Identification Number) (`usptin`)

The Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) is an identification number that all paid tax return preparers must use on U.S. federal tax returns or claims for refund submitted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii), Person related (persons)
- Countries: United States (US)
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Mappings

- stdnum: `us.ptin`

## Metacrafter rules

4 rules: 2 match the field name, 2 match values.

- `usptinfield` (field, `pii/us/us_pii.yaml`)
- `usptinvalue` (data, `pii/us/us_pii.yaml`)
- `us_persons_usptinfield` (field, `us/us_persons.yaml`)
- `us_persons_usptinvalue` (data, `us/us_persons.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `awsglue`
- `collibra`
- `metacrafter`
- `pythonstdnum`

## Sources

- other: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preparer_Tax_Identification_Number>

## Quality

Score 48/100. Missing: regexp, examples, negative example, authoritative source link, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/usptin.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/US/persons/usptin.yaml>