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== == == == The short:
you can opt out of paying socsec under very limited religious circumstances
you can not opt out of the number itself. More:
Since the question isn't concerned with whether or not one is obliged to get a SSN in the first place, but only about removal of an existing SSN:
If the question is whether you can, as an IRS taxpayer, opt out of paying socsec:
Yes, but only for earnings made a) as a minister or b) as an employee of an IRS-approved religion (in existence and able to provide wages since 1950, registered religious disagreement with accepting social benefits, etc.)
Even with these exemptions filed, any work performed for other (secular) employers will be subject to deductions.
Also, you can unfile these exemptions. Doing either of these (unfiling, other employment) will continue to earn you quarterly SocSec credits, so it should be apparent that there is no way, at least according to the IRS, to "remove" your SSN, once established.
See the exemption forms themselves here:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4029.pdf
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4361.pdf
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