Re: Not 18 Yet And Looking For Some Guidance. Can I beat the system with an EIN numbe
They're really easy to get online, but I believe you've got to be 18.
Whatever you do, DON'T go out and get a job unless you're broke and it becomes absolutely necessary. Too much money to be made sitting at your computer at home.
Will you be 18 soonish? What you could do is purchase/create a few stealth accounts now, slowly start selling on them to build feedback, and then worry about adding a Tax ID once you turn 18. You can sell up to 200 items on an account before you have to provide a Tax ID. Plus it's generally advised you wait until you determine if an account is going to be "worth" adding a tax ID, since you don't want to end up with 20 accounts all with EIN's attached.
Honestly I can't remember for certain if you have to be 18 to use the EIN application. I would think so, but you might want to give it a shot. If the IRS will let you apply then it only takes about 5 minutes to get an EIN.
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