@AliciaP1 wrote:
If you will be including your EIN on your Schedule C, best practice would be to complete the W9 using your name on line 1, the name of the LLC on line 2 and using the EIN as the identification number. For line 3, you should be sure to mark the box "Individual/sole proprietor or single-member LLC". While there are no guarantees the payer will send the checks in the name of the business, it is most likely that is how you would receive them after filling out the W9 this way. Either way, you will still report the income on your Schedule C.
The advice that I was given by the IRS and an accountant was to use my business information - the LLC name on line 1 and the LLC EIN under Part I. The line 1 name and the ID number have to match. Using an LLC EIN with your own name on line 1 could cause a mismatch. Line 2 can just have a DBA/fictitious name, so I think that anything that you put there is basically ignored. No one should just follow the advice that I've gotten though. Talking to someone and getting your own professional advice is always the best option.
