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Where does PayPal ask for an SSN? That doesn't sound right.
by jey 14y ago
Where does PayPal ask for an SSN? That doesn't sound right.
- graeme 14y agoI'm Canadian, and receive some payments from Americans. Paypal asked me for a Tax ID number of SSN in order to report to the IRS.
- dangrossman 14y agoAs of 2011, all payment processors must report the gross receipts of all merchants earning over $20,000 in a year (like Emmanuel) on a Form 1099-K. This form requires a taxpayer identification number. PayPal has to ask for it to file the form. They've also always asked for it as part of their underwriting of accounts that trip their fraud detection systems in some way -- which a sudden jump in payments like this would also do.