The name and the signature are different lines
People feel the company should sign because the company earned the money. On a disregarded return the business name is identified, and the person signs. Both can be true. Mixing them up is how a return gets filed under the wrong taxpayer.
We prepare the return so those lines are obvious before you are asked to sign. You should see the business name, the profit, and the place the profit lands on your return. If any of those is a surprise, we are not done.
A manager, a spouse, or a friend with the password is not a substitute for the signature the form wants, unless the form itself allows a representative and we have set that up. Convenience is not authorization.
What you are signing
You are signing that the return agrees with the closed year, to the best of what we prepared and what you told us. That is why the months matter. A signature on top of a feed nobody categorized is a brave act. We would rather it be a calm one.
Estimates you already paid should be visible. Premiums should be in one place. If household cash is still wearing an expense label, the draft says so before anyone accepts the return. An open item is named on that draft, not after the acceptance.
Notices that come later are read against the return you signed. We do not treat a notice as a new personality. The letter still names a year whose months were already closed, so that closed pile is what we open with the member.
When someone else should sign a different form
If the company is taxed as a corporation, different forms exist and different signature rules come with them. We do not use the disregarded signature story for a year the election already changed.
Check the election before you assume this page is your year.
A report the company files with its state is the company's report. It is not the personal signature, and it is not a substitute for it. Both can be due. We keep a list so one signature is not asked to cover two agencies.
If you want to see the draft rhythm before a year ends, the
October page is the time we like for that look.
Look at who signs
A note about you sign, even with a company name is enough for us to start from your file.