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do you need a tax id if you dont have employees?

i was reading this article :

An EIN is required if

Your business has employees.
Your business is a Corporation or a Partnership.
You file any of these tax returns: Employment, Excise or Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
You withhold taxes on income, other than wages, paid to a nonresident alien.
You have a Keogh plan.
You are involved with: trusts, IRAs, exempt organization business income tax returns, estates, real estate mortgage investment conduits, nonprofit organizations, farmers' cooperatives or plan administrators.