Pamela H in Texas Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 The IRS kicked back our return saying that the name and social security number of our first dependent did not match their records. It also threw out her education credits for the same reason. However, my daughter is 17 and her name and social security number have been the same for a few years. I would have understood if this was the first year she had this name (her ss# remained the same), but it's been awhile and we've filed a few returns since then (and last year, we used the same method). The information on the kickback just says the name and number don't match IRS records and to check that the name/number match on the SS card. I REALLY need this money. I don't know what else to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Do you have a local office? I would stop by there with previous returns and her SS card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 We had this happen to us a couple of years ago. We had to go to the local SS office to get it staightened out. I had to bring a social security card and birth certificate of the child and my driver license to the office. They found the error and told me how to file to assure it would get past the automated scanner and gave me a signed document in case I had any additional trouble (which I did not.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Fun fun....Our "local" office is 3 towns away, but I think there was something else we wanted there and I can go to the health food store I guess. Just a pain. It's just weird they'd give us trouble with it now. I so would have understood when her name and relationship changed, but now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollie010 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I had this issue the first time I e-filed. I fussed to everyone. I was told that the records are very often incorrect and nobody knew until they began trying to match things up electronically. Now they are correcting decades old problems. My birthday was off by one day for 34 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I had this issue once because one system had me under my married name, and another system had me under my maiden name. I was fortunate that the correct name was the one the real, live person on the questions hotline saw when I called about it. I haven't tried to e-file since -- I'm not sure if the issue was ever resolved in the database that caused it to be a problem in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Retry. Last year they said that about my husband. I mailed back a xerox of his card and a copy the return the year before. Perhaps they are using scanners to read the numbers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 We started printing and mailing ours in for this exact reason. I called the local office and it was no help. Her records matched mine :001_huh: She recommended we mail them in. It takes a little longer, but not too much longer if you send them in early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Also really look at both the card and what was typed in on the return. It might be as simple as something has been transposed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Have you double checked the number to make sure that there wasn't a typo? Also, are you sure that you have the right number for her? We were using the wrong number for my oldest until she was about 13 years old because we didn't have the actual physical card and had orginally wirtten it down incorrectly. We didn't learn of the error until we sent off for a new card when she was a teen. Things weren't computerized back then so they didn't check them. Finally, one year we sent in a return in which we mistyped one of the girls #s and it was returned but went through quickly once it was corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 We had something similar happen with our twins: same birthdate, two ss#'s. We got it straightened out with the IRS. We had another issue with getting the education credit for our dd (they lost the addendum showing her as a dependent). We got nowhere with trying to go through the IRS. Dh ended up contacting the Tax Advocacy Help line. A couple months later we got our refund. All total, it took a year to get it corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 This happened to us...I think it was last yr. Dh did our taxes for the first time, & the man can't remember that our oldest was born in '01, not '00. Since we were married mid '99, the Jan birthdate w/ the wrong yr has been an embarrassing mistake more than once. :glare: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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