XPost: can.internet.highspeed   
   From: Still-Just-A-Rat-In-A-Cage@crazyhat.net   
      
   In message  chuckcar    
   was claimed to have wrote:   
      
   >DevilsPGD  wrote in   
   >news:gupbs59t45sj7660fpivone7dlbd6d9ido@4ax.com:   
   >   
   >> In message  chuckcar    
   >> was claimed to have wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>DevilsPGD  wrote in   
   >>>news:gbp9s5ttbkkqotik25o7i9o1rcrp8sv0ke@4ax.com:   
   >>>   
   >>>> In message  chuckcar   
   >>>>  was claimed to have wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>Try getting the real reason why banks want your SIN number - they   
   >>>>>say "tax" reasons. For tax on interest on your account. The   
   >>>>>regulation to pay tax on withdrawl amounts *over* $10,000 has just   
   >>>>>been removed. There is no other relevant tax in Canada. And there is   
   >>>>>absolutely noting on the full income tax form relevant.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You've not heard of "income tax"?  Bank interest is a taxable form   
   >>>> of income.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>How much did they ding you for it *this* year(or last)? Let me   
   >>>guess, is it a whole number and *not* a natural number perhaps?   
   >>>The Government has far more important sources of income to   
   >>>worry about.   
   >>   
   >> True.  And yet, try not giving your SIN to an employer because "you   
   >> won't make enough to have to pay taxes on it anyway"   
   >>   
   >That's completely different. I've *never* got a t4 slip from a bank.   
      
   Nor should you.  However, you should get a T1, at least if you have any   
   interest to speak of -- There might well be a threshold under which a T1   
   isn't needed, I'm not really sure.   
      
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