Why Does Instaprints Require Ssn In Order To Pay You?

I have Paypal, and I just put in my email linked to my Paypal account. Paypal has never asked for SSN, but I haven't made a sale yet to know if instaprints will ask for SSN at payment time? Or do they just send to Paypal, hopefully time will tell....doug

Thanks Doug! I haven't made a sale yet either, but in order to receive payments should I make a sale I was required to provide SSN or EIN...for tax purposes they said. (I gave my ssn since I don't have an ein.) I created a PayPal account as well, but that didn't require SSN/EIN.

Go to: Behind the Scenes > Accounting > Tax Information. It should say "Tax Information (US Residents Only)". This is where it required an SSN or EIN.

The fact that Instaprints uses unprofessional terminology is a bit suspicious,,, here is a copy of my concerns- : In order to send you a payment, we need to know your tax information - that is how the business world works. ("That is how the business world works" is a condescending statement and clearly shows that instaprints have had this questions many times.) are they going to send me a W-2, 10-99. I suspect I will worry about it when I have a sale, but I suspect I wont give out my SSN for $10 bucks...