@kf15 wrote:
Do not enter the disregarded entity’s EIN.
That is correct. The EIN of the disregarded Single Member LLC does NOT go on the W-9 or 1099. As you pointed out, the instructions are clear. Unless the LLC has employees, pays excise taxes or has certain employer retirement plans, there is little or no need for the LLC to have an EIN.
The instructions for the W-9 say to put YOUR name on Line 1, not the name of the LLC. When you enter your ID number on the W-9, you put the ID number of what is on Line 1 ... which is YOU, not the LLC.
As Critter pointed out, you don't want to be handing out your Social Security Number, so you should get an EIN in YOUR name (not the name of the LLC), and that is what you use on the W-9.
