MonnaJean
New Member

State tax filing

Turbo tax auto-inputs the first four letters of the entity. The IRS uses the first four letters of the last name (or first two or three if  shorter last name).

I found this site helpful because it explains how the Special Name Control is established:

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/how-your-name-control-is-assigned