They can have my 2nd born, lol, she's a horror.
slotheadlizard I googled it as I'm hopeless at explaining things
hope it helps.
Tax File Number (TFN) is an 8 or 9 digit number issued by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to each taxpayer (individual, company, superannuation fund, partnership or trust) to identify that taxpayer's Australian tax dealings. When it was introduced in 1988, [1] individuals received a 9 digit TFN and non-individuals were issued an 8 digit TFN. Now both are issued 9 digit TFNs. 10 digit TFNs are expected in the future, but none have yet been issued.
Strict laws ensure tax file numbers may be recorded or used only for specifically authorised tax-related purposes. Not all individuals have a TFN. A business has both an Australian Business Number (ABN) and a tax file number; and if income is earned as part of carrying on its business, it may quote its ABN instead of its TFN.
The TFN serves a purpose similar to the American Social Security number, but its use is strictly limited by law in order to avoid the functionality creep which has affected the US counterpart.
I am shocked that 32Red is asking for it then. For a start, they could NEVER use it to verify you, since the Australian authorities would pick this up as an unauthorised "functionality creep".
Not accepting a driver's license is also very odd, as 32Red are supposed to be the most player friendly casino out there, yet will not accept what is universally accepted elsewhere.
It is not acceptable to have such a narrow requirement as only accepting ONE document, since everybody is different. Admittedly, they have offered to accept the alternative (tax file number), but what good is this to them anyway - they are not permitted under Aussie law to even POSSESS it, let alone interrogate a database to verify it matches the details registered with them.
32Red are probably one of the few casinos that are solid enough to trust with a copy of your passport though, which would be held in Gibraltar, and they may not even keep the actual image, but destroy it once they have verified the details.
Casinos in general MUST realise that whilst they provide an internet based service, the CUSTOMERS live in the REAL world, and it is NOT all that common in many countries for citizens to have a passport just for the sake of having one "because it might be useful", they tend to get them ahead of planned travel abroad, and renew them only if they think they are going to travel abroad again.
Stories on the internet arre increasing about the ever more demanding ID hoops that players are being put through, and they have gone beyond what is practical for many players, with a new application for a passport taking MONTHS to process in some cases, yet casinos say they have to cater for the desire for "immediate gratification" - there is NOTHING immediate about getting a passport to send to a casino, and in all likelihood a player will have long since reversed and played back their winnings before it arrives, as many tales of woe here have testified.
IF ID requirements are this specific, they MUST be spelled out BEFORE deposits are accepted, so players know what they will need to provide if they were to win & make a withdrawal, and can make a decision as to whether they are prepared, or able, to comply before they play.
