Good afternoon. 1) Either an S Corp or an LLC will produce the same results basically; then, once the entity was formed, if the entity wanted to operate under another name, the entity would file a DBA; 2) the two individuals would form one LLC, get an EIN for the entity; and then the entity could file a DBA if it was going to operate under a different name. 3) with more than one owner, the LLC will need to obtain its own EIN.

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