Posted by rlogan-ca on 4/28/05 2:02pm
Msg #34614

On obtaining tax id number

Just fyi, if trying to obtain TIN call the Federal Business info #(800)829-4933 directly.

I tried to obtain it online through a service which cost $9.99 and kept getting an "error"

sign. Still got charged the $, but learned a lesson well worth it. I called the number

above and waited a short while and obtained the number with a live person for FREE.

You may consider a TIN to protect your social security number.

On another note, read this board daily and appreciate the valuable info provided!

Reply by ERNA_CA on 4/28/05 2:11pm
Msg #34617

http://www.sba.gov/library/forms.html
you can do it on line

Reply by ERNA_CA on 4/28/05 2:12pm
Msg #34618

Re: http://www.sba.gov/library/forms.html

Reply by Roger/OH on 4/28/05 2:19pm
Msg #34621

Quick and simple EIN

Just go to the IRS website and fill out the EIN information. It's free and only takes a few minutes to get your number.

Reply by ERNA_CA on 4/28/05 2:25pm
Msg #34626

Re: Quick and simple EIN. thank you Roger. n/m

Reply by rlogan-ca on 4/28/05 2:26pm
Msg #34627

Re: Quick and simple EIN

As you may have guessed, I'm a "newbie". Thanks for the responses.

Reply by ERNA_CA on 4/28/05 2:45pm
Msg #34634

Re: Quick and simple EIN.We were all newbies ones :)

Reply by rlogan-ca on 4/28/05 2:50pm
Msg #34635

Re: Quick and simple EIN.We were all newbies ones :)

Thanks ERNA_CA,

Doing my research and reading this board regularly before I start out.

Great info here and many are exceptionally helpful.

I'm sure all of us "newbies" appreciate it.

Thanks

Reply by ERNA_CA on 4/28/05 2:57pm
Msg #34636

Re: Quick and simple EIN.We were all newbies ones :)

You are very welcome. Good luck to you.

Reply by Greg_CA on 4/28/05 4:33pm
Msg #34659

Re: Quick and simple EIN.We were all newbies ones :)

Why do we need the EIN, any other reason besides protecting our SS#?

Thanks,

Reply by Roger/OH on 4/28/05 4:51pm
Msg #34663

Greg -

That's the main and most important reason for using an EIN. It also serves to separate your business and personal accounts for banking, tax filings, etc.

Reply by HisHughness on 4/28/05 4:51pm
Msg #34664

Re: Quick and simple EIN.We were all newbies ones :)

Erna says:

***We were all newbies once.***

I was never a newbie. I was a beginner, a neophyte, a tenderfoot, a novice, a tyro, an abecedarian, a greenhorn, a novitiate, even a trainee, if you will. I was never a newbie. What's more, I will never be a newbie; there is no power great enough to impress upon me that most repugnant of labels. When age -- or a really irate husband -- finally catches up to me, and I go that that great discussion group in the sky, I will go as a celestial beginner, a neophyte, a tenderfoot, a novice, a tyro, an abecedarian, a greenhorn, a novitiate, even a trainee, if you will. I will never ever go as a newbie.

Reply by ERNA_CA on 4/28/05 5:30pm
Msg #34672

Re: I feel brand new. is that not a song? :)

Reply by Gajillion AL on 4/28/05 9:08pm
Msg #34716

Re: Quick and simple EIN.We were all newbies ones :)

I feel inspired!

Reply by CB_CA on 4/29/05 12:27am
Msg #34776

Re: Quick and simple EIN.We were all newbies ones :)

Did you ever appear on the tv show M*A*S*H* as Charles Emerson the third?