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I have an because I'm using my social and not an EIN. If I decide to get one will I have to reapply for a new EFIN?
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Are you the paid tax preparer? You should not be entering your Social Security Number as the preparer information (and there isn't really a place for it anyway). Are you referring to where you enter your PTIN?
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Yes, I'm a paid preparer. I'm not talking about my PTIN. That is where it should be.
My business does not have an EIN number, so I put my social in under Firm Information, and now I'm getting an error on the return because my SSN has double zero and it is telling me that it shouldn't. I get that if it was an EIN, but my business is run under my social.
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You would never use your Social Security Number.
I don't use ProConnect (I use ProSeries), but I don't enter an EIN. Just the PTIN and it doesn't have any problem. I'm not sure if this matters, but did you check the self-employed box?
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There's not box to check that I'm self-employed. I will have to try calling them. Thank you for your help.
This is the error that I have in the return:
EF Critical Diagnostics
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If you don't have an EIN, you shouldn't be entering anything there. Have you tried leaving it blank?
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Thank you for your help. I talked with intuit support. Leaving that field blank worked, no more issue. Again thank you for all your help.