Firm EIN

Forum|Forum|7 months ago
December 2, 2025
3 replies
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I am a sole proprietor and ERO, so my firm EIN is my SS. Proseries is saying I cannot efile my own personal tax return due to having the same EIN as my return. Is this truly the case?

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sjrcpa

Level 15

I don't know but get an EIN. Why would you have your SSN on the tax returns you prepare?

The more I know the more I don’t know.

Taxprohere

Level 7

You don't need an EIN to avoid displaying your SSN, as you should be listing your PTIN. Just leave Firm EIN blank in the Firm/Preparer Info section under Tools/Options. Maybe that's what causing the error. Of course nothing wrong with getting an EIN even if a sole proprietor, in case you use merchant CC processing then you give that #.

Just-Lisa-Now-

Intuit Community Champion

Ive seen this mentioned in the past, Im not sure of a workaround.

@Kathi_at_Intuit can you help out with this?

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Kathi_at_Intuit

Moderator

Hi @Just-Lisa-Now- Thanks for the tag! We'll ook into this and see what we can find out. May take a bit, but will post when there is an update!

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Kathi_at_Intuit

Moderator

Hi @Rick S1 Welcome to the community and thanks for posting your first questions. You can e-file your own return as a sole proprietor ERO.

Here’s what we found out:

Go to Tools > Options > Firm/Preparer Info and remove the SSN from the EIN field. That field should not contain an SSN.
In the Preparer/Electronic Return Originator (ERO) Information section, check the Self-employed? box.
In Tools > Options > Electronic Return Originator Info. You can enter either an EIN or an SSN here. As long as your SSN/PTIN is in the SSN/PTIN field, you do not need an EIN.

The above should resolve the error in ProSeries. We look forward to seeing you in the Community and again, @Just-Lisa-Now- thanks for the tag!

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