Single member LLC EIN for W9 and schedule C

[Anonymous]

I am self employed, doing consulting as an independent contractor.  I began as a sole proprietor, and as such, I have an EIN for myself.   This year, I started a single member LLC (no employees, taxed as disregarded entity) and now I have an EIN for the business (the bank wanted it). 

 There's no way I'm giving clients a W9 with my SSN on it, I want to use an EIN.  However, I'm seeing a lot of conflicting info as to which EIN to use on the W9 - mine or the LLC's.  Based on the IRS instructions, it would appear that I have to put my name on line 1, my business name on line 2, and use my personal/sole proprietor EIN and NOT the LLC's EIN.  However, if I do that, which EIN do I put for the LLC on schedule C when I do my taxes - mine, the LLC's, or neither?  Will there be a conflict if I put the LLC's EIN but I'm reporting 1099s that have mine?

[ColeenD3]

Use the business name and EIN on your Schedule C and W-9 forms.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for responding @ColeenD3 .  So to clarify - are you saying for the W9, I use my name on line 1, my business name on line 2, and the LLC EIN?  And this is despite the IRS instructions that say not to do this?  I just keep seeing people saying something about "backup withholding" if it is done this way.  However, it makes more sense to me to do it this way, because then it matches the EIN on my schedule C.

[VolvoGirl]

Are you going to file 1 Schedule C or 2 for the sole proprietor and one for the Single Member LLC?

[ThomasM125]

You should enter your EIN on your schedule C, as there is a separate box for that entry. Your social security number will also appear on it, but in a different place and TurboTax will enter that automatically.

[Anonymous]

@VolvoGirlI'm trying to do all my work under the LLC this year, so that should be the only thing on my schedule C.

@ThomasM125My concern was that if I put my personal EIN on my W9s (as the IRS seems to want) and my LLC EIN on my schedule C, that it might get flagged by the IRS because the EIN on the 1099s and the schedule C did not match (even though both are linked to my SSN)