Follow these steps to resend a request using the TINCheck SOAP API.

1. Make a TINCheck request.
2. If the request fails, pause before sending a new request.
   • If the request fails again, increase the pause duration (1 minute › 5 minutes › 15 minutes, etc.).
   • If the status check returns other errors, pause for a shorter time, then restart from step 1.
   

   A "ResultCode 17" will contain the following details:

   • HTTP Status: 200 (OK)

   • TINNAME_DETAILS: IRS Tin/Name Validation temporarily unavailable

   • TINNAME_CODE: 17

   Note:

   IRS outages may be short, lasting only a few minutes caused by higher network traffic. They may also last for hours if they are a result of hardware or software failures at the IRS. We recommend starting with a one-minute pause, increasing with each subsequent IRS status unavailable result.