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Sole proprietors with employees and contractors
July 19, 2023
Q. Can a sole proprietor using their SSN on a W-9 have employees working for them? If the employee is acting as an independent contractor for that sole proprietor, is that acceptable?
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(Answered by IOFM's third-party tax experts)
It is correct for a sole proprietor to furnish the individual SSN on Form W-9. The business activities of a sole proprietor don't file an income tax return (instead, the business income of a sole proprietor flows into the sole proprietor's individual income tax…
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