3520/A whose EIN do I need?

[aoleung]

Just for info for TFSA owners living in US, whose CDN banks don't have an EIN:

1) fill out SS-4 form:
line 1: legal name of entity - I put my full name and appended TFSA (i.e. Jane Doe TFSA)
line 2: trade name of business - left blank
line 3: executor, administrator, trustee, "care of" name - I put my full name and appended TTEE for trustee (i.e. Jane Doe TTEE)
line 4: mailing address - my address in the US
line 5: street address - left blank as same as mailing address
line 6: county and state where primary business is located: the county and state where I currently live
line 7: name of responsible party and ID #- my full name and SSN
line 8a: tick No as I am not a LLC company. Leave 8b and c blank.
line 9a: tick "Trust (TIN of grantor)" and entered my SSN
line 10: tick "created a trust" and specified type as "foreign grantor trust"
line 11: wrote the date I started the TFSA
line 12: not necessary but you could say December (end of CAN tax year)
lines 13-15: leave blank
line 16: tick "other" and specified "created trust account"
line 17: as my business activity, stated "foreign grantor acting as us agent for reporting purposes"
line 18: ticked no as I haven't applied for EIN before

2) Phone 267-941-1099 to apply for EIN, and tell them all the above (they will also ask what country the trust is in)

3) double check spelling and details, and receive EIN with much joy :)