ix21@sdccs6.UUCP (05/07/84)
There has been much discussion about not giving your social security number to various companies for various reasons. In reality it does not matter. When I applyed for a Citibank credit card I left that portion blank, but the letter they sent me informing me of my credit limit had my social security number printed on it under my name. If a company wants your SSN they will get it.
jss@sjuvax.UUCP (Jonathan Shapiro) (05/14/84)
<Eat Me...> Correct me if I am wrong, but it occurs to me that a credit card company may have justification in requesting your SS number on the grounds that they are obliged to file tax related reports on you... Jonathan Shapiro Haverford College...
ljdickey@watmath.UUCP (Lee Dickey) (05/15/84)
> Correct me if I am wrong, but it occurs to me that a credit card company may > have justification in requesting your SS number on the grounds that they > are obliged to file tax related reports on you... You are wrong: The card issuer is not paying *YOU* interest, you pay them. The reason your bank needs your SS number is that they pay you interest on your savings account, and they are obliged to report your income. -- Lee Dickey, University of Waterloo. (ljdickey@watmath.UUCP) ... {allegra, decvax} !watmath!ljdickey
tac@teldata.UUCP () (05/16/84)
, (sop to the blank line eaters--consider it a religious sacrifice) >> From teltone!uw-beaver!tektronix!decvax!mcnc!akgua!psuvax!burdvax!sjuvax!jss Sun May 13 18:45:03 1984 >> Relay-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site teldata.UUCP >> Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sjuvax.UUCP >> Path: teldata!teltone!uw-beaver!tektronix!decvax!mcnc!akgua!psuvax!burdvax!sjuvax!jss >> From: jss@sjuvax.UUCP (Jonathan Shapiro) >> Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.legal >> Subject: Re: SS numbers etc. >> Message-ID: <295@sjuvax.UUCP> >> Date: Sun, 13-May-84 18:45:03 PDT >> Date-Received: Wed, 16-May-84 02:05:16 PDT >> References: <426@opus.UUCP> <367@houxu.UUCP>, <1356@brl-vgr.ARPA> <1458@sdccs6.UUCP> >> Organization: Saint Josephs Univ. Phila., Pa. >> Lines: 7 >> >> <Eat Me...> >> Correct me if I am wrong, but it occurs to me that a credit card company may >> have justification in requesting your SS number on the grounds that they >> are obliged to file tax related reports on you... >> >> Jonathan Shapiro >> Haverford College... >> If the gas companies are filing anything about you in particular with the IRS they are violating your rights of privacy. Incidentally, the banks already do that when they report on you. From the Soapbox of Tom Condon {...!uw-beaver!teltone!teldata!tac} A Radical A Day Keeps The Government At Bay.
wally@cornell.UUCP (05/17/84)
Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site houti.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cornell.UUCP Message-ID: <43@cornell.UUCP> Date: Wed, 16-May-84 17:49:16 EDT etc. Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept. Lines: 4 The banks are not violating our privacy by reporting interest they pay on our accounts, interest is bona-fide taxable income. Remeber, too many tax-payers (?) were not reporting interest income before that law was passed.
rkp@drutx.UUCP (Pierce) (05/17/84)
> Correct me if I am wrong, but it occurs to me that a credit card company may > have justification in requesting your SS number on the grounds that they > are obliged to file tax related reports on you... > > Jonathan Shapiro > Haverford College... >> If the gas companies are filing anything about you in particular with the >> IRS they are violating your rights of privacy. Incidentally, the banks >> already do that when they report on you. >> From the Soapbox of >> Tom Condon {...!uw-beaver!teltone!teldata!tac} >> A Radical A Day Keeps The Government At Bay. I would agree that you are radical. What do you mean, the banks already do that when they report on you? The banks report to the IRS the interest you paid on your gas credit card? You really are nuts! Like I said to someone else, what is so private about your social security number? Are you afraid someone is going to steal all the money you've paid in before you are old enough to apply for SS? If you're so radical, why do you even pay taxes? Maybe you don't. Anyway (let me get my composure back), if you have paid $1000 in interest to a credit company, you had better hope that the IRS gets a report on that amount so you can deduct it. And how are they going to get a report unless the credit company has your SS number. Make's perfect non-radical sense to me. Russ Pierce drutx!rkp
rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) (05/19/84)
We seem to be oscillating on this business... >Anyway (let me get my composure back), if you have paid $1000 in >interest to a credit company, you had better hope that the IRS >gets a report on that amount so you can deduct it. And how are >they going to get a report unless the credit company has your SS >number. Make's perfect non-radical sense to me. No, you don't give a damn whether they report it. You keep your statements and your canceled checks, which are both necessary and sufficient to prove the interest charges you have paid. Look, you can also deduct the sales tax you pay at the store. Does every store at which you shop take your SSN so they can report the tax??? -- ...A friend of the devil is a friend of mine. Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303) 444-5710 x3086