topic My wife is a sole proprietor and has a independent contractor working for her. We have to provide her with a 1099, but my wife doesn’t have an EIN. Do she use her SSN? in Retirement tax questions https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/my-wife-is-a-sole-proprietor-and-has-a-independent-contractor-working-for-her-we-have-to-provide-her/01/659718#M62776 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:27:34 GMT lmp1 2019-06-06T09:27:34Z My wife is a sole proprietor and has a independent contractor working for her. We have to provide her with a 1099, but my wife doesn’t have an EIN. Do she use her SSN? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/my-wife-is-a-sole-proprietor-and-has-a-independent-contractor-working-for-her-we-have-to-provide-her/01/659718#M62776 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:27:34 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/my-wife-is-a-sole-proprietor-and-has-a-independent-contractor-working-for-her-we-have-to-provide-her/01/659718#M62776 lmp1 2019-06-06T09:27:34Z Yes she can use her ssn.  You only need an EIN if you pay... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/yes-she-can-use-her-ssn-you-only-need-an-ein-if-you-pay/01/659725#M62778 <P>Yes she can use her ssn. &nbsp;You only need an EIN if you pay employees on a W2. &nbsp;She can get an EIN if she doesn’t want to give out her ssn. &nbsp;It’s easy to get one. &nbsp;I’ll look for the link.</P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:27:35 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/yes-she-can-use-her-ssn-you-only-need-an-ein-if-you-pay/01/659725#M62778 VolvoGirl 2019-06-06T09:27:35Z Found this post https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/5661320 https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/found-this-post-https-ttlc-intuit-com-replies-5661320/01/659734#M62779 <P>Found this post</P><P> <A href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/5661320" target="_blank">https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/5661320</A> <BR /> </P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:27:39 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/found-this-post-https-ttlc-intuit-com-replies-5661320/01/659734#M62779 VolvoGirl 2019-06-06T09:27:39Z