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my tenant wants to pay rent through their company: should this raise a red flag?
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the company that's apparently going to pay this rent wants to treat it as a business expense.  they are asking for your ssn because they expect to issue a 1099-misc. (they probably gave you a form w-9? it's not mandatory but it's common to request a taxpayer id on this form.) there are a couple of issues at play here:
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