Form 945

[Bird]

OK, so as I understand it, we really do have to complete the "Paid preparer" part of the 945. I personally have a PTIN, for this specific reason. So...

they ask for my signature and my PTIN, and my firm's (a corporation - it says "Firms's name (or yours, if self-employed)" - I'm not self-employed) and EIN. But they don't ask for my name, so I'm not giving it to them (except on the third-party designee line, which is a different issue). Does that make sense (that the form should have my signature but not my name)?

Is it correct that they want an *individual* to sign and be linked to a PTIN (or SSN)? For my small company, it all boils down to me anyway, but is Joe Smith who works for Bisys or whomever using his own PTIN? Somehow that doesn't make sense to me, and I get really hung up on things that don't make sense. I relied on someone else's guidance on this a long time ago and now I'm questioning it.

thx