@AmeliesUncle wrote:
If you as an Individual/Sole Proprietor don't have an EIN, you certainly can get one. The fact that you have an LLC that has an EIN has no effect on YOU getting one for yourself.
The IRS said that I don't need to get a separate EIN, but I looked through the online application. It says that the sole proprietor EIN is for doing business if you aren't incorporated or registered with the state as an LLC. I'm doing business under my LLC. I'm wondering how people who use an old sole proprietor EIN are able to show that they do business with their clients under their LLC. It seems like they might as well not have one.
The application also says that a sole proprietor can have only one EIN "regardless of the number of businesses you own or operate". It also asks for reasons for getting a sole proprietor EIN, and none of them apply when I already have an LLC. From what I'm reading, each EIN is for a separate business. These are questions that I want a professional to answer.
