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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/apply-for-an-employer-identification-number-ein-online">Apply for an Employer Identification Number (EIN) Online | Internal Revenue Service (irs.gov)</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Susan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>SUSAN DONAHUE<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Law Office of Susan Donahue<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>125 West 2nd Avenue, Suite "B"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>P.O. Box 81<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Twisp, WA 98856<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:sdonahue@sdonahuelaw.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>sdonahue@sdonahuelaw.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>509-996-5944 (phone)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>509-362-9692 (fax)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jennifer L White<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 26, 2022 10:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] EIN Difficulty with IRS - The Rest of the Story<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello fellow Listservers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Script MT Bold"'>Jennifer L. White, Esq.</span> <span style='font-family:"Script MT Bold"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=105 height=105 style='width:1.0937in;height:1.0937in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D8E929.85AE6740"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:jen@appletreelaw.com"><span style='font-style:normal'>jen@appletreelaw.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>PO Box 11037<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>Yakima, WA 98909<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>509.225.9813<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>