Quote Originally Posted by auminer View Post
Totally not true. I do it all the time. Some yards want you to fill out some forms and get an ID to get cash for non-ferrous. Some will only accept non-ferrous from registered businesses, some will only do business with registered businesses and pay them by check written to the business... so do like I did and register as a business. 20 bucks at the county clerk's office for an "assumed name" certificate with which you can open a business bank account, too.
This could become pretty expensive as you might then need to file corporate taxes (Federal and State) in the name of the business as well. And then a known business which doesn't file tax returns might open themselves up to being audited. Ditto for a business that has little real operations, but continues to file returns and pay for business licenses year after year. I'd think this through carefully before going down that road.