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1099 Reporting for Payments to a DBA That Is a Disregarded Entity
August 13, 2025
Q. We have vendors that submit Form W-9 with a parent company name on line 1 and DBA on line 2, which is a disregarded entity with its own EIN. We are making the payment to the DBA.
Keeping in mind this is a disregarded entity:If a parent company's NAME is on line one, would the EIN need to be the parent company's EIN?If the parent company is a Corporation that would be exempt, does that mean the DBA we are paying would be exempt?
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(Answered by IOFM's third-party tax expert)
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