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Payment to a name without an EIN
January 5, 2024
Q. Can my company make check payable to a brand name? The brand name is not registered with the IRS, consequently the brand name has no EIN. The provided W-9 has no brand name as DBA name. The name on W-9 has the legal name, which is not the same as the brand name.
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(Answered by IOFM's third-party tax experts)
The federal tax regulations do not dictate how you must show the name of the payee on a payment. If the vendor requests and your company agrees, you can make a brand name the payee on…
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