# Freelance question about TIN and SSN

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freelance-question-about-tin-and-ssn/208500>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [November 29, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freelance-question-about-tin-and-ssn/208500 "2006-11-29T13:14:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![sebus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@sebus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sebus)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/freelance-question-about-tin-and-ssn/208500/1 "2006-11-29T13:14:22Z")

</div>

I recently signed a contract with a smaller company to create a site for them and they sent me tax forms and it asks for a SSN… I am a bit afraid to give out my SSN, or should I not be in this case? I see that I can also apply for a TIN but I don’t know how long it takes to get so should I just give my SSN or do you suggest getting the TIN?  
thx