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Apply for a TIN - taxpayer identification number. PayPal can use it in lieu of an SSN. This will take you six weeks. In the alternative, consult a local lawy
by patio11 14y ago
Apply for a TIN - taxpayer identification number. PayPal can use it in lieu of an SSN. This will take you six weeks. In the alternative, consult a local lawyer and have them nastygram Paypal for you.
- davidu 14y agoIncorporation and a TIN takes ~24 hours these days.
- patio11 14y agoI am not sure what the process looks like for legal persons, but from recent experience inquiring about and gathering paperwork to get my wife (a Japanese citizen) an ITIN, I was quoted six weeks by multiple authoritative sources, including my accountant and the IRS.
- canttestthis 14y agoIf he's an international student, he's only allowed to work on campus. If he gets a US tax ID and files income under that, his library sales will count as off-campus income (I think?). So I'm not sure if this is an option. Of course, IANAL.
- einhverfr 14y agoBut that depends. I would suggest talking with an immigration lawyer. Surely the fact that such is non-tangible sales over the internet should allow some reasonable solution. I have founded businesses with people from other countries and I have never had trouble with immigration laws provided that people weren't doing billable labor for customers in countries where they weren't supposed to.