05/30/2005
New IRS Team Provides Education to Combat Money Laundering
by Susan Vega, a Bank Secrecy Act Specialist with the IRS
05/16/2005
What is considered sufficient information/documentation for customer identification for a revocable trust?
05/02/2005
A SAR was filed and we have been contacted by the IRS for information regarding the filing. If the IRS Agent wants information relating to this individual on accounts that were not mentioned in the SAR or wants information that occurred before the SAR date or after the time period recorded in the SAR should we require a subpoena?
05/01/2005
Question: Can a third-party negotiate an IRS refund check? Specifically, we have a divorcing couple who received a refund check.
05/01/2005
Question: We have a customer who refuses to provide us with a TIN for his account. He says that he doesn't have one and refuses to get one. He's very anti-government.
04/18/2005
Is it an IRS regulation that a bank cannot take a copy of a social security card? Can we have a copy in the customer's new account file?
04/01/2005
Question: Do non-profit corporations have to be a 501(c)(3) business in order to have a NOW account, or can any non-profit corporation or non-profit organization have a NOW account
11/01/2004
Question: Exactly how should an UTMA account be titled? We've had a lot of questions about this, and it isn't spelled out in our new accounts manual.
10/25/2004
Some consumers believe that the images of checks are not as good as the checks themselves. What are the rules on this for proof of payment or prosecution of forgery?
10/18/2004
If a sole proprietorship account is styled Jane Doe dba Jane's Jeans, we would use Jane Doe's SSN for the tax ID. If Jane's Jeans has its own EIN, should the account be styled the same? I always understood the first name on the legal title should match the tax ID number.