

However, general or other titles such as, owner, Mr., Mrs. In this case, formal suffixes such as MD, CPA, Jr., Sr., etc., are acceptable. If the business is a sole proprietorship, the legal name is the name of the owner. Do not abbreviate the name or omit spaces.

The IRS accepts only the first 35 characters of the legal name. If you use QuickBooks for payroll, your Legal Information and Company Identification entries are used to print all of your federal and state tax forms, including 1099s, the 940 and 941 payroll returns, and the W-2, W- forms. Unless specified otherwise, the Legal Information will default to the same name and address as was entered in the company Contact Information.

QuickBooks uses the Contact Information on all of your printed business forms, such as Invoices, Statements, Estimates and Purchase Orders.
