How To Take It?

[familyschoolcare]

You might really want to rethink providing false info to the parents. If they provide the false info to the IRS and it comes back on them, they are going to come back on you.

it is not false info. it is only in a format that does not allow them (the parent) to easily recognize it as your ss most people (esp. those that do not run their own business) do not know that it should/would be your ss#. Tell then this is the number the IRS needs to claim day care expenses on your taxes and leave it at that it is NOT lying.

[familyschoolcare]

How is that false info? She didn't say give a fake number, she said string the numbers together. :confused:

yah like I said not false info.

[Zoe]

I got my EIN last year and I don't employ anyone. Got it instantly and it worked on my taxes. So I'm confused as to what website you tried to get it from.

[Alexandra]

I went under irs.gov and and answered no to all the questions but you have to answer yes to at least one. I thought when it read do you employ anyone that it meant not including myself.

[Zoe]

Ok, I went to http://www.simplefilings.gov-tax.net/. Maybe a different site will treat you as a sole proprietor, since that's what you are.

[daycare]

how much did it cost you??

[Crystal]

It's free Daycare.

[daycare]

The site that zoe posted it says its $187.00 but it seems to be a 3rd party website....

[Alexandra]

Sorry I am a little confused... Can I get an EIN or not?:confused:

[Zoe]

Oooh, my bad. I must not have gotten it there then. Sorry! I'll keep looking for the correct website. It was free for me. I find it hard to believe that a childcare provider would be denied an EIN.

Give me a minute!

[Zoe]

Ok, I don't know what I was thinking linking that website. I apologize. I have my EIN approval letter right in front of me and I got it from the IRS website. I see what you mean about the "saying yes" survey on there. Honestly, I would call the IRS and talk to them about it. I'm sure you can get one, it's just that the website is being difficult for self-employed people.

Business and Specialty Tax Line for the IRS: 1-800-829-4933

Good luck! Sorry for the confusion!

[Crazy8]

I got my EIN just a year or two ago, got it online instantly. I was using my SS# before that too.

But I just went to the irs.gov website and looks like they changed things a little. You should still be able to get one though - just can't do it online. You are a sole proprietor.

Here is what the website said that I think applies to us:

Important Information for Home-care Service Recipients.
If you are a home-care service recipient who has a previously assigned EIN either as a sole proprietor or as a household employer, do not apply for a new EIN. Use the EIN previously provided. If you can not locate your EIN for any reason, follow the instructions on the Misplaced Your EIN? Web page.

If you are a home-care service recipient who does not have an EIN, do not use the online application to apply for one. You must apply for your EIN using one of the other methods (phone, fax or mail). For additional information, visit the How to Apply for an EIN Web page.

[littlemissmuffet]

Wow. Had my dad or husband heard that...
neither take kindly to men treating me badly, or threatening to do so.
Neither do I, for that matter, and I would have termed right then and there and had a good chuckle after locking the door behind him.

[sharlan]

it is not false info. it is only in a format that does not allow them (the parent) to easily recognize it as your ss most people (esp. those that do not run their own business) do not know that it should/would be your ss#. Tell then this is the number the IRS needs to claim day care expenses on your taxes and leave it at that it is NOT lying.

Sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying.