Struggling with Amazon Stealth Account Taxes
Hi all, I'm really struggling right now with filing taxes for my stealth account.
I'm trying to file my 2021 taxes for the Amazon account I purchased on this forum, however, when Amazon issued the 1099-K for that account, it was under a random name and social security number, and I'm not sure who that is since they were added before I purchased the account. I've already went in the account and updated the tax information to show my new LLC's name and EIN number that I created, but I'm not sure how to update the 1099-K Amazon sent out to reflect that because I didn't update the EIN number until after the 1099-K was sent out. So the 1099-K is issued under some random name and social security number, is this a problem? Amazon also says in their guidelines that "Amazon will not issue an updated Form 1099-K form for previous years. It is the seller's responsibility to have updated information on file in all of their selling accounts.".
This puts me in a very tough spot because if I don't file taxes for the revenue earned on this account I purchased, then the IRS will reach out to this random person who was originally added to create the stealth account and ask them to pay the taxes which will end up being a fraud case since they shouldn't be on the 1099-K in the first place. Is it okay if I go ahead and file even though my LLC's EIN doesn't match what's on the Amazon 1099-K?
Last edited by Scofield619; 04-25-2022 at 04:29 PM.
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