What I don't get is why is he involving you in this at all? Why doesn't he simply call the bank and open an account in his own name, mail a signature card in and do a bank transfer from whatever account the money is currently in to this new account? If this is a sizeable amount of money, it could cause you all sorts of unforeseeable problems IMO, though I'm no accountant or tax expert.
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