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In Computer Privacy Digest V2 #005
Hans Lachman <lachman@netcom.com> writes:

>In article <comp-privacy2.1.10@pica.army.mil> johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) writes:
>>>What experience have people in this group had in keeping the SSN of a newborn
>>>private?  I have heard that some hospitals insist on submitting the paperwork
>>>to the Social Security Administration to obtain the number.
>
>
>It would seem reasonable to decline their offer to set your kid up with an
>SSN since he won't need one until he starts working.  I was born in '63,
>and didn't get an SSN until around age 10, and the world didn't come to an
>end.  I suggest you just act like not having a number is the most natural
>thing in the world, and maybe we'll infect others with that attitude.

Since the Infernal Revenue Service requires a SSN for all dependents over
the age of one if a person is claiming that dependent for tax purposes, it
seems to me to be an easy thing to do when a baby is born.

That ruling went into affect a few years ago and the original limit was
two years old but the IRS dropped it to one about two years ago.  Check
your previous year's federal tax returns to obtain the exact date.

Dave
Dave Niebuhr      Internet: niebuhr@bnl.gov / Bitnet: niebuhr@bnl
Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973  (516)-282-3093