Exhibit 8.1
June 13, 2011
Wells Fargo & Company
420 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94163
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special tax counsel to Wells Fargo & Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance of $6,576,000 Medium-Term Notes, Series K, Notes Linked to the S&P 500® Index due July 13, 2012 as described in the Company’s Pricing Supplement No. 98 dated June 6, 2011 (the “Pricing Supplement”), to the Prospectus Supplement dated April 23, 2010 and the Prospectus dated June 4, 2009, contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-159738 (the “Registration Statement”). We hereby confirm our opinion as set forth under the headings “Tax Consequences” and “United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Pricing Supplement.
We hereby consent to the reference to us in the Pricing Supplement under the captions “Tax Consequences” and “United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” and the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and thereby incorporated by reference into the Company’s Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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| Very truly yours, |
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| /s/ Sullivan & Cromwell LLP |
