The EIN - Employer Identification Number is an inappropriate method of avoiding the reporting of the income, and moreover an ineffective attempt to avoid disclosure because in order to obtain an EIN you have to supply your SSN.
Further, the bequest is a personal bequest in your name not some corporate entity that you would create.
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