Issue: Potential EIN mismatch between Shopify and PayPal across accounts owned by different parents.
Context: Shopify account is under the mother’s ownership; PayPal account is under the father’s. PayPal is used only to transfer money from a bank to a supplier, not as a checkout/payment method on the store.
Clarification sought: Whether providing the mother’s EIN to Shopify and the father’s EIN to PayPal will cause verification, compliance, or account issues when both platforms request EINs.
Term: EIN (Employer Identification Number) is a U.S. business tax ID used for identity, tax, and compliance checks.
Status: No resolution or guidance provided yet; the question remains open.
Hi, small backstory, my mom owns my Shopify account, my dad owns my PayPal account
I ONLY USE PAYPAL as a method of TRANSFERRING money from my bank account to supplier——it is NOT a way of transaction on my store (if that matters)
any way, eventually PayPal and Shopify will both ask for my EIN, will there be a problem if the EIN doesn’t match if I get an EIN from my mom for Shopify and and EIN for my dad on PayPal? I’m in a pickle plz help haha