Originally Posted by hobbykat1955
This is true...I worked for Soc Sec...do not give out your no. A tax ID is not your Soc Security no...That is issued to you when you call IRS and ask them to issue you a Tax ID no. for reporting Self Employment income...i.e. selling on ebay up to 200 or 20,000...NEVER give out your SOC SEC No...
I agree. A tax ID is not your SS #. They are assuming that you are a small business with that many transactions. I have delt with Paypal for years and have not had that come up for me. I guess I haven't used it as much. But, again, a tax ID is NOT your SS#.
You have to file either in your state or with the IRS to get one.