SSN Policy Manual

Policy Manual

Proof of Reasonable Effort to Secure ldentifying Numbers It is prudent that every business develop proof that it complied with various requirements to ask customers for, and was unable to obtain, a social security number. The following form (or similar) should be used with those customers for their signature: Form p-1 I Reasonable Cause Affidavit by Payor For Not Obtaining Payee's Identifying Number b Release Fmm Penaltv-26 U.S.C. S6724ab I

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Ki nq City, CA 93930

I Cynthia Lewis hereby state that ~eorse Williamson

, beingan officer of Wells Fargo Bank

I have asked for the identibing number of the employeelpayee. who has declinid t i providean identifying number. I am filing this affidavit in amrdance with 26 USC6724, waiver of penalty (26 USC 6724(a)) assessed under the mde upon a showingof reasonablecause, and Treasury Regulation301.6109-l(c). I certify that the informationstatedhere is mrrect and that I asked the employeelpayeefor a taxpayer ID number (Socialsecurity number) and that the employeelpayeedeclinedto provide such number. EmployerIPayor signature .&+ d d Cynthia Lewis Date, S*, IB, 1999 EmployeelPayee information

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IGeorge Williamson have declined to provide an identifying number to my employeripayor, Wells Fargo Bank .

812 North 3rd Street

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San Ardo, Calif.

- - I certlfy that the ~nformationstated here 1s correct and the employerlpayor d ~ dask me for a taxpayer ID number (soclal secunty number) and that I declmed to pronde such number Employeelpayee signature . ge~ge WiePiaWCdbrC~eOr~e Williamson ( oa*. 9/28/99 26 USC 96724. waiver of penalty (26 USC §6724(a)) assessed under the d e upon a shavving of reasonable cause. and Treasury ReguBlm301.61Wl(c) T~lil~uryR~gutaban301.61041(~) pOYides: .... Wen me person filing me return staternen1or omw document doe mt know the SSN of me omer oenon. and has mmdied wim the rwuest omvision of IAis mraamch. he shall sion an afidavit on .-- . ~, tte transmittaldocument forwardfig buch returns, statemink, w other dauments to W 1nterM1~e&n'ue'Sewixkstafing. A -r is muu'i-ed b Rquesttte i3enLWa nu*r of b e payee. If after such reauest has been made, tk payee does not furnish the pavw rmfh an identifying number, tk peMty ($50.00) win notbe assessed against the payor, if it is shavvnmit smh tailure Is due lo reakaabk case and mtwllful neglecl.p e e also 26 USC 96724, waiver of penany (26 USC $6724(a)) assessed under me d e upon a shomng or reasonable cause.] hbltc Dmsrchagl F-m PI (02) 1909

Opening an Account Nearly any bank will allow customers to open the so-called no/low-interest "Chnstnus accounts" that are used for saving small sums of money for Christmas shopping or wmc other special day. Additionally, parents, or children can open a child's savings account or college fund account without providing social security numbers. While, these accounts have their purposes, they are not primarily the kinds of accounts that most unenumerated people want to open. Many of us also have serious banking nccds just like other people in our American society. However, one of the problems is that the banking industry has joined, in a way, with the government in attempting to force people into