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TIN matching to a DBA name
September 25, 2024
Q. I have a vendor that is providing a W-9 recognizing a DBA, however, when we performed the TIN Matching in the IRS website, the DBA is not recognized. How to companies report to the IRS a DBA name?
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(Answered by IOFM's third-party tax experts)
A vendor may list a DBA name on line 2 of Form W-9 but a “doing business as” name is not a taxpayer for the purposes of filing information returns. The name listed on line 1 of the W-9 is the taxpayer you report on the Form 1099, using their tax…
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