diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d92811cfe..3fdce3a08 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ Validator                               | Description
 **isSurrogatePair(str)**                | check if the string contains any surrogate pairs chars.
 **isUppercase(str)**                    | check if the string is uppercase.
 **isSlug**                              | Check if the string is of type slug. `Options` allow a single hyphen between string. e.g. [`cn-cn`, `cn-c-c`]
+**isTaxID(str, locale)**                | Check if the given value is a valid Tax Identification    Number. Default locale is `en-US`
 **isURL(str [, options])**              | check if the string is an URL.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ protocols: ['http','https','ftp'], require_tld: true, require_protocol: false, require_host: true, require_valid_protocol: true, allow_underscores: false, host_whitelist: false, host_blacklist: false, allow_trailing_dot: false, allow_protocol_relative_urls: false, disallow_auth: false }`.<br/><br/>require_protocol - if set as true isURL will return false if protocol is not present in the URL.<br/>require_valid_protocol - isURL will check if the URL's protocol is present in the protocols option.<br/>protocols - valid protocols can be modified with this option.<br/>require_host - if set as false isURL will not check if host is present in the URL.<br/>allow_protocol_relative_urls - if set as true protocol relative URLs will be allowed.
 **isUUID(str [, version])**             | check if the string is a UUID (version 3, 4 or 5).
 **isVariableWidth(str)**                | check if the string contains a mixture of full and half-width chars.
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 29d20cec0..7de1ea3a0 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ import isEAN from './lib/isEAN';
 import isISIN from './lib/isISIN';
 import isISBN from './lib/isISBN';
 import isISSN from './lib/isISSN';
+import isTaxID from './lib/isTaxID';
 
 import isMobilePhone, { locales as isMobilePhoneLocales } from './lib/isMobilePhone';
 
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ const validator = {
   normalizeEmail,
   toString,
   isSlug,
+  isTaxID,
   isDate,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/lib/isTaxID.js b/src/lib/isTaxID.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d607a271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/isTaxID.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import assertString from './util/assertString';
+
+/**
+ * An Employer Identification Number (EIN), also known as a Federal Tax Identification Number,
+ *  is used to identify a business entity.
+ *
+ * NOTES:
+ *  - Prefix 47 is being reserved for future use
+ *  - Prefixes 26, 27, 45, 46 and 47 were previously assigned by the Philadelphia campus.
+ *
+ * See `http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/How-EINs-are-Assigned-and-Valid-EIN-Prefixes`
+ * for more information.
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * Campus prefixes according to locales
+ */
+
+const campusPrefix = {
+  'en-US': {
+    andover: ['10', '12'],
+    atlanta: ['60', '67'],
+    austin: ['50', '53'],
+    brookhaven: ['01', '02', '03', '04', '05', '06', '11', '13', '14', '16', '21', '22', '23', '25', '34', '51', '52', '54', '55', '56', '57', '58', '59', '65'],
+    cincinnati: ['30', '32', '35', '36', '37', '38', '61'],
+    fresno: ['15', '24'],
+    internet: ['20', '26', '27', '45', '46', '47'],
+    kansas: ['40', '44'],
+    memphis: ['94', '95'],
+    ogden: ['80', '90'],
+    philadelphia: ['33', '39', '41', '42', '43', '46', '48', '62', '63', '64', '66', '68', '71', '72', '73', '74', '75', '76', '77', '81', '82', '83', '84', '85', '86', '87', '88', '91', '92', '93', '98', '99'],
+    sba: ['31'],
+  },
+};
+
+
+function getPrefixes(locale) {
+  const prefixes = [];
+
+  for (const location in campusPrefix[locale]) {
+    if (campusPrefix[locale].hasOwnProperty(location)) {
+      prefixes.push(...campusPrefix[locale][location]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  prefixes.sort();
+
+  return prefixes;
+}
+
+// tax id regex formats for various loacles
+
+const taxIdFormat = {
+
+  'en-US': /^\d{2}[- ]{0,1}\d{7}$/,
+
+};
+
+
+export default function isTaxID(str, locale = 'en-US') {
+  assertString(str);
+  if (!taxIdFormat[locale].test(str)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return getPrefixes(locale).indexOf(str.substr(0, 2)) !== -1;
+}
+
diff --git a/test/validators.js b/test/validators.js
index 0caf824fd..afa905070 100755
--- a/test/validators.js
+++ b/test/validators.js
@@ -8357,6 +8357,23 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
     });
   });
 
+
+  it('should validate taxID', () => {
+    test({
+      validator: 'isTaxID',
+      valid: [
+        '01-1234567',
+        '01 1234567',
+        '011234567'],
+      invalid: [
+        '0-11234567',
+        '01#1234567',
+        '01  1234567',
+        '01 1234 567'],
+    });
+  });
+
+
   it('should validate slug', () => {
     test({
       validator: 'isSlug',