Banking under Enduring Power of Attorney
Roger Hird
ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:30:34 +0100
In article <49DE29AE.4030405@iosis.co.uk>,
Peter Tomlinson <pwt@iosis.co.uk> wrote:
> I have just spoken to my brother, who pointed out that there must be a
> national database of ISAs, used to spot anyone signing up for more than
> their tax free allowance, so maybe that is what the bank needs NI number
> for: to index the database (as well as hopefully 'proving' that you are
> entitled to have an ISA anyway).
It's ten years plus since I looked at this but I thought that then there
were roughly twice as many numbers on the NI register as there were people
entitled to have such a number. If it were worth doing it ought not to be
beyond the wit of a cunning criminal to obtain a couple for nefarious
purposes.
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Roger Hird
roger.hird@argonet.co.uk
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