Received the email the other day. Ive had this acct for 3+ years under a business name. I basically just got a business checking out without a tax ID # and have remained under the eBay/PP radar for 3+ years. Now they want SSN, EIN or TAX ID... all of which require MY name. Is there any way around this? I've just hit the 10K mark for the year, so I'm nowhere near 20K. This is just a side business that provides a bit of extra income. I was banned years ago for youthful stupidity (nothing illegal, just took my sweet ass time mailing things out when I was in school and made things worse by opening new accounts.) Is it time to just give up, sell everything and forget about internet sales forever? I have no problem with paying taxes, I'm just worried that the minute they get my real name they will link it to my old account(s) - even though they never had my SSN on those old accounts. And I no longer live where I used to (same state, but 100 miles away.)
I'll be on this site for a bit doing some research... any opinions in the meantime are welcome.
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Edit:
Just reread something Ive read 10 times this week... I'm an idiot. I thought it said YOUR NAME.
"Provide your company EIN and company name."
So... I don't have to provide my name... paypal would have to look that info up, and what would be the odds of that? So basically I just need a EIN and I'm all set??
Last edited by mike2146; 10-02-2011 at 01:51 PM.
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