Work Anonymously
You may have guessed what I’m going to say here … Start a business! Starting a business is the best way to work anonymously. Here you will need an EIN as we discussed earlier. Again, you could have a friend or family member get you a number to use under their name. For this, you can’t just make up a number as you can to have your utilities turned on. If you borrow someone else’s EIN, you may run into problems with the IRS later so DO NOT do that. You will want a real number so you can file taxes under that number and be legal.
One thing about starting a business and getting an EIN is you can call your business by the name of your choosing. In other words, if I want to name your business “Joan Cutiepie”, then you can name it “Joan Cutiepie”. You could go online and get my EIN in the name of Joan Cutiepie. “Joan Cutiepie” is just like a name a person would have. If you went to apply for a job somewhere and told them your name was Joan Cutiepie, You could also give them your EIN as your Social Security Number. They will never know the number you gave is an EIN. Just put in two dashes the same way a SSN would have and you’d be fine. The IRS wouldn’t know it either, because you will be paid in the Business Name and that’s exactly how a real business would be paid … BY CHECK, in the Business Name. As long as they don’t do credit checks and background checks, that would work great as a way to get a job working for a company owned by someone else. This is NOT legal so I advise against it but it works nicely in many circumstances. You know, I don’t think it’s legal, but the truth is I don’t know for sure. As long as the name matches the number, I don’t think the IRS would discover what was happening. Sometimes, ignorance can be bliss but I would still not recommend you do this.
It depends on what you do that determines whether you need an EIN number or not.
There are numerous ways to earn money under the radar. You can wash and detail cars. You can wash and detail cars for people at their place of business. This way they don’t have to come to you, you go to them. Alternatively, you can have them bring the cars to you. You can sell stuff on eBay, Amazon.com, Craigslist.org or a whole host of other sites on the Internet. You can baby-sit, mow lawns, paint, remodel homes, or do plumbing. If you have a marketable skill, you can make a living doing it privately. I have personally made a good living buying, repairing, and reselling outboard motors on Craigslist and eBay.
Being a self-employed businessperson is the best path to anonymity. Just do what you’re good at or do what you’ve always wanted to do. You can find clients and advertise your business FREE on www.Craigslist.org.