Whose name should I use for taxpayer details when opening an Etsy shop as a partnership?

Hi! For a two‑owner partnership, the safest way to stay compliant is to enter whatever “taxpayer name + tax ID” combination you actually use to file taxes with the IRS, and make sure it matches IRS records exactly.

If your partnership has its own EIN (common for partnerships), then in Etsy’s tax details you generally want:

• Taxpayer full name: the partnership’s legal name exactly as it appears on the IRS EIN confirmation (the IRS letter for your EIN), and
• Taxpayer ID: the partnership EIN (not either partner’s SSN)

If you don’t have an EIN and you’re effectively filing under one person’s SSN (less common for a true partnership), then you’d use that person’s legal name + SSN exactly as registered.

A couple of practical tips so you don’t get verification issues:

• Pick the Etsy shop owner/account holder intentionally: Etsy may still require an individual’s identity verification (ID/selfie/address) for the person managing the account, even if the shop is set up “as a business.” So it’s normal that one of you is the primary login, but the taxpayer details should match the entity/tax ID you file under.
• Match the payout bank account name: The “full name” tied to deposits/banking needs to match the bank account owner name (this can be the business name if the bank account is in the partnership’s name).

If you tell me whether you already have an EIN for the partnership (and whether your bank account is in the partnership name or a person’s name), I can tell you which exact combo is usually the cleanest for Etsy shop setup.