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Level 5
April 16, 2021

What do you do if IRS rejects return because EIN doesn't match business name?

  • April 16, 2021
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My client formed a partnership last year and applied for EIN and then decided to change the business name. When I filed the initial return the IRS rejected it because the name didn't match the EIN. My client did notify the IRS of the name change. I received the following reject message:

 

I don't see Name Change box to check. Where can I find that?

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sjrcpa
Level 15
April 16, 2021

Depends on your software, which you haven't specified.

The more I know the more I don’t know.
eaf1213Author
Level 5
April 16, 2021

ProSeries Professional 

dkh
Level 15
April 19, 2021

Name Change --   Form 1065 page 1, Line G option 3