[WSBAPT] EIN Difficulty with IRS - The Rest of the Story

[sdonahue at sdonahuelaw.com]

Apply for an Employer Identification Number (EIN) Online | Internal Revenue
Service (irs.gov)
<https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/apply-for-an-
employer-identification-number-ein-online> 

 

I'm sorry to hear of all this trouble.  I apply on line at the above IRS
address.  It's free and is completed pdq-same day as I recall.  I don't
recall any problems with this.  Perhaps others have used this IRS address as
well.  I don't recall if you had trouble with the IRS address or if the paid
site were the problem.  I really don't think anyone should have to pay for
an EIN number.

 

Susan

 

 

SUSAN DONAHUE

Law Office of Susan Donahue

125 West 2nd Avenue, Suite "B"

P.O. Box 81

Twisp, WA 98856

 <mailto:sdonahue at sdonahuelaw.com> sdonahue at sdonahuelaw.com

509-996-5944 (phone)

509-362-9692 (fax)

 

 

 

From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com>
On Behalf Of Jennifer L White
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 10:31 AM
To: WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: [WSBAPT] EIN Difficulty with IRS - The Rest of the Story

 

Hello fellow Listservers,

I posted a few weeks ago about an estate I was having difficulty with in
getting an EIN from the IRS using the online process. Here is the outcome
FWIW: Client authorized me to engage one of those paid places from those
pop-up ads. It cost $269. Simple online form fills. They ran into the same
error code hurdle as me, so it was not "same day" as advertised. We provided
follow up authorizations for them to pursue, which were all easy one click &
sign items. They "bird dogged" it through the system, and we successfully
received the number today. It took 20 days. Whether that is better or worse
than I could have done myself, I don't know, but at attorney and paralegal
rates, it doesn't take too long to chew through $269. 

 

Jennifer L. White, Esq.                              



 

 <mailto:jen at appletreelaw.com> jen at appletreelaw.com

PO Box 11037

Yakima, WA 98909

509.225.9813

 

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