{
  "id": "BRD-065",
  "slug": "brd-065",
  "title": "Sole proprietor must have no EIN",
  "statement": "The SOLE_PROPRIETOR tier is for a US individual without an EIN. Supplying an EIN disqualifies the registration.",
  "rationale": "The sole proprietor tier is defined as the path for an individual WITHOUT an EIN. Supplying one is a contradiction the platform reads as a misfiled standard brand, and it is corrected by changing tier rather than by editing the field.",
  "layer": "BRAND",
  "layerSlug": "brand",
  "object": "brand.ein",
  "severity": "BLOCKING",
  "detectability": [
    "DETERMINISTIC"
  ],
  "failureClass": "RETRY_FIELD",
  "authorities": [
    "TCR",
    "Twilio",
    "Telnyx"
  ],
  "codes": [
    {
      "provider": "Twilio",
      "code": "30903",
      "remediable": true
    },
    {
      "provider": "Twilio",
      "code": "30915",
      "remediable": true
    }
  ],
  "applicability": {
    "entityTypes": [
      "SOLE_PROPRIETOR"
    ]
  },
  "applicabilityText": "Applies when the brand is a sole proprietor.",
  "universal": false,
  "remediation": "If the business has an EIN, register it as a standard brand (Private/Public/Non-profit) instead of Sole Proprietor. If it genuinely has no EIN, clear the EIN field.",
  "example": "EIN: (leave empty)",
  "phase": "approval",
  "automated": true,
  "url": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-065/",
  "markdown": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-065.md",
  "registry": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/",
  "updated": "2026-07-25",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}