Just an update... I contacted PayPal via phone today. Apparently, a "TIN Affidavit" was never sent to me so they had to e-mail me this form. The form requests a signature and proof of TIN or EIN. It can be mailed or faxed. As a sole proprietor, I use my SS# for tax ID purposes. As such, I sent a copy of my driver's license and SS card in hopes this will suffice - if not, there isn't much else I can provide other than a DBA form. Apparently it can take up to one week to process this; however in two days my account will be "restricted" - the representative I spoke with informed me that this is just a warning and my account will continue to function as-is when it becomes restricted. I certainly hope so. The e-mail I received on the 27th after providing my SS# ("We've confirmed your tax ID number") is obviously nonsense - no "confirmation" was made. PayPal's web site is still broken. The confirm links still do not work. The PayPal representive was not surprised by this and informed me that a great deal of development was done only last week. PayPal, if you're listening, this is a serious issue on your end - in ten years I've never had to call support or post a forum message. Communication to me (both on your web site and via e-mail) regarding the TIN/EIN/SS confirmation has and remains very poor.
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