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Ask the Taxgirl: No TIN or EIN for a vendor

29 January 2008

Taxpayer asks:
Can you please tell me what I should do if the independent contractor has not provided me with his TIN or EIN number? Should I send in the 1099 without a number?
Taxgirl says:
This is probably one of those answers that I’ll get flak for but I’m giving you my opinion anyway…
The official rules say [...]

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We Don’t Care if You Kill Anybody, Just Don’t Cheat on Your Taxes

23 October 2007

While folks in Washington have seemingly come to terms with the idea that Blackwater might have killed some folks when they shouldn’t have, they are drawing the line where it hits Americans the hardest: cheating on taxes.
Rep. Henry Waxman (D – CA) has made public a letter from IRS to Blackwater from March (yes, [...]

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Ask the Taxgirl: W-9

19 July 2007

Taxpayer asks: In doing some side work, a client sent me a W-9 to fill out and return. Why would they do that, and why is this the first time I’ve received one from a client? Is my new client somehow reporting this income or putting it down as an expense, maybe?
Taxgirl says: [...]

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