<prompt> Human: Long story short, Im selling my condo in Texas and am scheduled to close in a few weeks. The entire process has proceeded without issue, except for the fact that the buyers lender requires that the HOA manager sign a condo questionnaire and provide the HOAs tax ID. The problem?The HOA manager refuses to release the tax ID on principle. Is this legal?The HOA is managed by a private LLC. The managers justification is that theyve never been required by a lender to do this, and thus will not abide by this lenders requirement. I was told verbatim over the phone that this may kill the deal - which in my honest opinion is utter bullshit. What can I do in this situation?Ive looked up the LLCs public tax info with the state of Texas so I have the state tax ID. Im uncertain whether that is enough, I will get clarification as to whether the lender requires that or the federal EIN. One thing I found is that under The Right To Transact Business In Texas, it states FRANCHISE TAX INVOLUNTARILY ENDED. Anyone have any ideas what that means?Any help is appreciated in this matter. I feel like giving up the EIN shouldnt be a huge deal, especially since that is effectively public info anyway. Hell, every company has it listed on Tax documents sent to employees every year.  <response>: Have you tried going directly to the Board of Directors for your association? Many times the management company may do things that the Board has no knowledge of.What it sounds like the lender is requesting is a W9, a standard IRS form. W9s are typically asked for because the title company will be either paying document processing fees to the management company, paying a transfer fee to the management company, or for the TREC documentation.You may also want to try speaking to someone else at the management company, it sounds like the person youre in contact with isnt very familiar with their job and is either newuntrained or generally difficult to deal with.On the franchise tax filing, its a very simple one or two page form simple that the state requires be filled out each year that just lets the state know who the contacts are for the business and whether any additional taxes should be filed generally the answer is always going to be no for a homeowner association. Failure of the association to file this form doesnt generally have any negative consequences, but it does show that the management is failing in another really simple area. 