How to fill out a W-9 as a general partnership

[pdgiacomo456]

I just received a W-9 from a high school for editing a video. I was the point of contact but my partner and I both worked on the project (we have a general partnership each with 50% ownership). It says to fill out the name from our tax returns under line 1 but won't we be filing taxes for both the general partnership and personally?

I just need to know what to put on the first two lines. Our partnership name? My name? Or two forms with each of our names? We have an EIN and everything. Thank you

[Rick19744 · Accepted solution]

As a general partnership, you will indeed be filing a separate partnership tax return (form 1065) in addition to your personal tax return (form 1040).  The partnership will issue both partners a Schedule K-1 which will be used when preparing your personal tax return.

If the services provided were done through the partnership, then you complete the W-9 based on the partnership information.

[Carl]

Fill out the W-9 providing the EIN and Name of the partnership. The customer that paid your partnership for your services needs either an EIN or SSN of the ones they paid money to, for their own tax return.  Under no circumstances and with no exceptions should you ever provide a customer with your SSN number. There are no exceptions. They get the name/EIN of your business, or nothing. When it comes to personal privacy, this is not something that is up for discussion.