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Paypal and not for profit organisation

I am trying to set up a paypal account for online payments for a not for profit organisation with no success and wonder if anyone has solved my problem before?

I am setting up an online payments system for a club. The club is a private members club meaning it's owned and run by it's members as a not for profit organization but it's not a charity.

Paypal need me to select a business type when setting up the account so I selected - Not for profit. Big mistake as they now require the following:

1. Bank account details
2. Cancelled cheque or bank statement
3. Proof of tax exempt status
4. Organization and payment information

Item 1 is not a problem, Item 2 is a hassle but we could send them. Item 3 is relevant to US law but there is no such thing under UK law unless we were a charity and for Item 4 they don't specify what this would be.

I have tried contacting their customer services detailing my problem and they replied with instructions on how to change my password!

Anybody resolved this problem before?

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