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From: ccplumb@watnot.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Borrowed records from Revenue Canada
Message-ID: <12211@watnot.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Nov-86 22:55:13 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 21 22:55:13 1986
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Reply-To: ccplumb@watnot.UUCP (Colin Plumb)
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Summary: You don't need a SIN to get a bank account.

In article <497@ubc-cs.UUCP> manis@ubc-cs.UUCP (Vincent Manis) writes:
>Chris Lewis remarks (in an extremely informative posting) that you don't
>need a SIN to open a bank account. I'm afraid that this statement is
>incorrect: the Tax Act requires that banks report interest on accounts (and
>therefore a SIN is required).

I think Chris Lewis is right...  I have a bank account (chequing, money-
machine card - all the goodies), but no SIN.

"I'm doing my bit for anarchy.  How about you? ;-)"

	-Colin Plumb (ccplumb@watnot.UUCP)

And the obligatory ZippyQuote:
We have DIFFERENT amounts of HAIR --