# BRD-002 — Legal name must match the IRS record for the EIN

> The registered legal company name must match the IRS CP-575 / 147C record for the submitted EIN, character for character.

- **Rule ID:** BRD-002
- **Layer:** Brand (`BRAND`)
- **Checks:** `brand.company_name + brand.ein`
- **Severity:** BLOCKING — Breaking this rule gets the submission rejected outright.
- **When it bites:** Gates approval — get this wrong and registration is refused
- **How it is detected:** External record we cannot query — reported as a warning to verify
- **Fix type:** Wait on an external system or a required interval
- **Required by:** TCR, Twilio, Telnyx, Bandwidth, AWS
- **Applies:** Applies to every 10DLC registration.
- **Canonical URL:** https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-002/

## Why this rule exists

Vetting queries IRS records directly, so the legal name is matched mechanically rather than judged. Punctuation and capitalisation differences that a human would ignore — "ACME, Inc." against "Acme Inc" — fail the comparison, which is why this rejects registrations that look obviously correct to their owner.

## How to fix it

Use the exact legal name printed on your IRS CP-575 confirmation letter (or request a 147C letter from the IRS). Punctuation and capitalisation matter: "ACME, Inc." and "Acme Inc" are different records.

## Provider rejection codes

| Provider | Code | Resubmission allowed |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Twilio | `30900` | yes |
| AWS | `BRAND_TAX_ID_MISMATCH` | yes |

## Check this yourself

**Does the legal name on the brand match the IRS CP-575 or 147C letter character for character, punctuation included?**

1. Open the CP-575 the IRS issued when the EIN was assigned. If it has been lost, call the IRS Business & Specialty Tax Line on 800-829-4933 and request a 147C — it is free and it is the same authoritative name.
2. Read the name off the letter and compare it to the brand field one character at a time: commas, full stops, a leading "The", and the entity suffix all count.

*What wrong looks like:* "ACME, Inc." on the letter and "Acme Inc" in the form. A person reads those as the same company; the comparison is mechanical and reads them as two different records.

## Notes

We cannot verify this without an IRS lookup, so we surface it as a pre-submission warning with the evidence the user should check, never as a pass.