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I have a requirement that any self-service contributions ( for all paid events, pledges, donations, memberships)  be recorded against their household contact.   

This would only impact individuals who are members of an existing household. If they are not part of a household, then the contributions would be recorded in the usual way against the individual contact.

Which hook should I implement to accomplish this?   At this point, the person making the self-service payment will not be given any choice about this. So I do not need to change the user interface.

The reason for this is the organization wants to treat the "household" the same way a bank treats a joint checking account. Each spouse has the ability to make online payments, yet its all recorded in one "account" i.e. the household contact record.

Other ideas/suggestions are welcome. 

I had another idea: I could use the hook "hook_civicrm_dashboard" to add additional financial info to the member's personal dashboard.  Inside the hook I can query all financial information for that person, as well as all their household members.   

That way as far as the member can see, all financial activity that they are interested in, is displayed in one place.

I was thinking that way the fund raising history for each individual is preserved, even after they get divorced, remarried, etc.