Apparently, many people have had this problem in the past couple of years:
I dissolved my S-Corporation and began operating as a Sole Proprietor Nov 1 2023. Etsy would NOT allow changing "horses in midstream" (so to speak) in 2023 but I didn't have enough sales to generate a 1099-K so am able to separate the earnings for the two entities for tax purposes.
BTW, I chose to stop operating as a incorporated entity because I'm now semi-retired, not earning as much, and it just didn't make sense anymore.
Now it's 2024 and I still can't change my shop's legal information. Nor can I change the banking information because the old Corporate name is still showing and my new account will be rejected because the names won't match.
I, too, have "contacted" Etsy Support via email and keep getting the same response from whoever answers--which is to say, no support at all. Canned answers which really don't help solve the technical problem of not being able to change and Save anything. Telling a Seller that "you should be able to" doesn't help.
At first, I wondered if it was 1099 related and I'd be able to change, and Save, my new legal info once the 1099 process was done (should have been Jan 31st). But no. I still get a a big red error message that my changes could not be saved and to try again. If I've tried once, I've tried a dozen times since the first of the year.
The other (perceived) problem is that Etsy wants a State ID for a Sole Proprietorship also. That field is marked with a red * and is required. There isn't any company tax ID for a Sole Proprietor--at least, not in Wisconsin. We operate under our SS number here and the system won't accept it in that field.
Etsy: THIS SHOULDN'T BE THIS DIFFICULT!! People change biz entities all of the time. Legally, I am not supposed to be operating under the old S-Corporation name at this point!
Very frustrated. Any intel would be very welcome!
