What I am hearing from you is that the new rules say you cannot accept $ even from friends w/o uploading SSN. I am not a biz, have had a personal account for ages and am getting <$20 quarterly from Rakuten and rarely $100 from family. Seems so intrusive that they need it for that small amt--is there a workaround or exception? Paypal sez they need it for IRS purposes and that they usually only do it if paypal account generates $20k in sales. This is not even close to that so I am feeling a disconnect. So frustrated at being victimized by a "he who has the gold makes the rules" mentality. Any insights you have would be helpful.
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