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I just found out that when you go through the tax interview process, when you get to the EIN/SSN page, it pops up a window that says they check your Legal Name/tax ID pair with IRS, and if it doesn't match you can't continue.   Well, since I've always reported on my SSN (being a disregarded entity for Fed tax) does this mean I have to go back and change my Legal Name to my personal name?  Seems to be.  But if I do this, does this mean I can't have payouts go to my business bank account in the business name?  I'm thinking that would be too limiting and cannot be.     Or is Legal Name only for tax purposes?   Please advise.

Also, as an aside question,  Why is Legal Name asked for upfront on the first page and not on the other page with the EIN/SSN?   Seems out of context.   Then again the Legal Name field  is on itch.io page before redirecting to the Taxidentity server.    So I guess that's why, but this can be improved upon to prevent the confusion I just went through.