Do NOT have a TAX ID number - is that even legal? Long story .. will I pay taxes? etc.
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Started Paypal 10 years ago, or so? USA address, etc. but now I do not live in USA. Do not have a Social Security number or anything closely matching what I am being asked to provide. I was never a USA resident, and never paid taxes there.
So ... should I close my account and go foreign?
... should I carry on with what I have and hope (it's doubtful, anyway) I do not hit US$20,000
.... main question, is my account even "legal" now?
If I start an account in, say, Singapore, and I DO hit US$20,000 do I pay USA tax? If so, HOW!
Thanks for any help - don't want to break laws, and do want to avoid inconvenience at the end of the (tax) year.
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Singapore accounts do not have to pay US taxes, and you only have to pay US taxes if you're a US citizen.
I wouldn't worry about it.

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