Could you ask Nancy whether Ed has to have a business license? I have one, but not sure how to deal with that. Maybe you could be my employee?? Or maybe I could just assume that the money that you earned was earned for "my" business; I would then pay city taxes based on that amount. > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:56:35 -0800 (PST) > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:51:21 -0800 > From: Nancy Mendelssohn <http://www.gmail.com/~nmendelssohn> > To: http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg > Subject: Re: Join my network on LinkedIn (fwd) > > Yes, the W-9 is used for self-employed contractors. You don't need a > TIN, just use your SS#. That's what Ed does.