Read through this thread, should give you some information. https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/Transactions/15-Vat-on-Fees-for-South-Africans-from-1st-Jan-2024... Advice is voluntary.Kudos / Solution appreciated. Login to Me Too Login to Reply or Kudo Haven...
Because PayPal is so badly designed it rejects real bank accounts and the customer care numbers and email addresses for South Africans don’t actually exist, so you can’t even query it. And if by some miracle you get through the other steps, it seems impossible to actually get the money...
At first, I was lead to believe that the problem with paypal blocking payments to South African accounts case caused by the South African reserve bank. It does seem that there was a issue between them, but thier issue was about not letting South Africans send money out of the ...
Sometimes back, South Africans were allowed to send money but a South African paypal account can never receive a dollar. I don’t know if the limitation is still there, just don’t make the mistake I made. China and Indonesia or any other non-european country supported by paypal is ok. ...