From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jun 26 9:50:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-1.enteract.com (smtp-1.enteract.com [207.229.143.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A57D837B406; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 09:50:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dscheidt@tumbolia.com) Received: from shell-2.enteract.com (shell-2.enteract.com [207.229.143.41]) by smtp-1.enteract.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C612F8229; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 11:50:02 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 11:50:02 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt X-X-Sender: To: Brooks Davis Cc: Greg Lehey , Dan Langille , Subject: Re: US checking accounts for non-US residents In-Reply-To: <20010626082834.B24759@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Brooks Davis wrote: : :You may have to try more then one bank. While non-intrest bearing :accounts don't need a SSN for reporting, they do use them for a "cross :check" system which is supposed to catch things like people who notice :massive bank error in their favor, with draw all the money from their :account, and deposit it in another bank. : The IRS has a procedure to provide a taxpayer number (called an ITIN) to non-resident foreign nationals not eligible for a SSN. They're quite happy to take taxes from anyone who cares to pay them. -- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message