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Tax ids were never meant to be used as a form of global identification. If you go look in a real bank core, you'll find this field does not have any uniqueness

by bob1029 8mo ago

Tax ids were never meant to be used as a form of global identification. If you go look in a real bank core, you'll find this field does not have any uniqueness constraints.

abustamam 8mo ago
Why not? Two people with the same tax ID seems like a problem waiting to happen.
- bob1029 8mo ago
  These schemas also support non-individuals with the same fields. EINs have a lot more edge cases than SSNs.