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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If it is a truly a revocable trust then it is a grantor trust and you do not need to get an EIN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Marcus J. Fry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Lyon, Weigand & Gustafson, P.S.
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Facsimile: (509) 575-1883 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ralph Maimon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 20, 2018 3:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] simple question re EIN need<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">List servers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am telling my client who is transferring her estate into a revocable living trust that she needs an EIN. She says her two sisters, who are also doing the same, are just using their SSNs and not getting EINs.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thoughts on this? I am glad to be wrong. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:Mistral;color:#2F5496">Ralph Maimon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Law Office of Ralph Maimon, P.S.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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