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IRS Compels PayPal to Release Info

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-aint-the-cayman-islands dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Just in time for the tax season, the IRS won a federal court ruling, allowing them to force PayPal to turn over records of American taxpayers who have certain foreign accounts. It's all part of an ongoing effort to track down money held in offshore accounts by would-be taxpayers. A spokesperson for PayPal acknowledged receiving the summons (PDF) and said 'We're still evaluating our options [...] The privacy of our customers' information is something we take really seriously.'"

8 of 328 comments (clear)

  1. Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I mean we take it really really really seriously. In other news, Paypal apparently hires 8th graders to make public statements.

  2. Summary of the summons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear PayPal User

    We regret to inform you that your PayPal account is about to expire. To keep your account, we require you to login at http://paypal.irs.gov/ and give us your old login as well as a new one to make the change. We promise we are real and not just trying to steal your money.

    IRS ^H^H^H Superfied Revenue Service

  3. IRS Compels PayPal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The power of IRS compels you...
    The power of IRS Compels you...

  4. Re:PayPal... by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fuck eBay... fuck PayPal... fuck gOogle... long live /.

    Yeees, I'm sure Slashdot would withhold your personal information and defend your right to privacy to the death if the feds asked for it...

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  5. Wow! by baudbarf · · Score: 5, Funny

    How did the they manage to contact a human at PayPal!? It's frightening to imagine that the IRS has that kind of power.

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  6. Re:PayPal... by Qzukk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashdot might tell them the IP addresses you used to post from, but it'll cost them a subscription to see your entire posting history ;)

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  7. Re:First read by asuffield · · Score: 2, Funny

    In all seriousness, how many good reasons could there be for a US citizen to have an account in a tax haven?

    Tax evasion, of course.

  8. Re:Aww, poor tax evaders! by Yocto+Yotta · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, damn, that's a dilbert reference. And it IS next to Kneebonia. That Kneeastan was just me being clever. See how fucking smart I am. I RULE!

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