On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:31:28 -0400, Anthony wrote:
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
The requirement that Social Security Numbers of newborn children appear on a tax return is relatively recent. Before 1989 the person applied himself.
I thought your parents could still apply for you back then, but maybe I'm wrong.
Mine did in the 1970s when opening a bank account in my name. Actually, I think it was my grandparents opening an account in my name, but I think my parents had to submit the application. I had actually had other bank accounts going back to the 1960s with no SS#, so I think the requirement of having one for every bank account was later than my earliest accounts.
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Daniel R. Tobias dan@tobias.name wrote:
I had actually had other bank accounts going back to the 1960s with no SS#, so I think the requirement of having one for every bank account was later than my earliest accounts.
:) Much later. October 1, 2003. http://www.ago.state.co.us/idtheft/ssn.cfm.html
Even then, there is some dispute over whether or not this federal regulation is in compliance with the actual law (that wonderful PATRIOT Act).