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Please confirm your taxpayer status
 

Canadian PayPal

What do I submit?

It says US taxpayers only and is asking for the first and last name and address.

Re: Please confirm your taxpayer status
 

How can they be asking for a US taxpayer number if its a Canadian paypal? Something in your story doesn't add up.
If this is indeed the case it must be a glitch or a mistake and you should call them.

Re: Please confirm your taxpayer status
 

Not sure but I provided my info they didn’t ask for anything but my first last name and address. And I got an email saying “Thank you
Thanks for providing the information we requested. The taxpayer identification number you provided will be used to prepare a Form 1099-K when it is necessary.

You can find more information about the Form 1099-K reporting rules and why we need your taxpayer identification number at www.paypal.com/irs.”

Re: Please confirm your taxpayer status
 

That's very strange and doesn't make any sense if this is a Canadian account - that 1099 will be useless.

Re: Please confirm your taxpayer status
 

Sounds like a bug in the system. Just ignore them for now.

Re: Please confirm your taxpayer status
 

Yea, it's a bug in the system (confirmed by customer support).

Re: Please confirm your taxpayer status
 

Do you guys have threeshold in Canadian paypal,like the US one?

Re: Please confirm your taxpayer status
 

this is something that i'd love to know too

Re: Please confirm your taxpayer status
 

Unless OP is US resident/US citizen who resides in Canada?
or Canada has its own 1099.
or for some reason [Paypal thinks he is really in US?

Re: Please confirm your taxpayer status
 

If you choose that you are a US resident, they will ask.