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Posted by Jim on June 3, 2006, 9:44 am
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> If he was "initially" a sole proprietor at the time he did
> the work and that is how he reported his ID number to you,
> that is how you should file.
>
> This appears to be HIS problem and not yours.
>
> He should have just reported on his tax return that the
> income was paid out to his corporation from him.
>
> Save the letter (or whatever form of communication) he wrote
> to you and let him sue you or inform the IRS. <G>
>
> Since obviously you obtained his SS# from somewhere,
> presumably him, for the portion that he did as a sole
> proprietor, I wouldn't correct it. You did as you were
> supposed to do--use the information he supplied to complete
> the information return 1099-Misc. However, if you paid him
> after the time he was incorporated and he did inform you of
> a different number for that time period, you should provide
> a corrected 1099. Do you have a W9 with the EIN and
> corporate name?
We don't have any record of him providing us with a new W-9
when he incorporated but it is possible he may have sent one
and it never got to the correct department. Isn't it up to
him to prove he sent it to us?
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