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Subject:Re: 1099 (the history and the reality) From:Sella Rush <sellar -at- APPTECHSYS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 4 Jun 1998 11:48:50 -0700
One little snag in getting your own tax id number:
I had a short conversation with an IRS person last year, and brought up the
subject as a solution to the contracting problem. This representative told
me that the IRS is really cracking down on TINs--they publish a checklist to
tell you if you really need a TIN, and if you don't really need one but get
one anyway, there are "penalties" and all sorts of horrid ramifications.
I don't know why this is (although I can guess--reestablishing credit, money
laundering) and I don't know how true this is. Except that it did come from
an IRS person who did seem to know her stuff in other respects.
Sella Rush mailto:sellar -at- apptechsys -dot- com
Applied Technical Systems (ATS)
Bremerton, Washington
Developers of the CCM Database
