- Jan 7, 2002
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(See below for update.)
I tried to get an earnings statement thing-a-ma-bob from them for a student loan, so I called and asked if they could send one and they replied "That SSN isn't attached to that name."
:shocked:
After about ten minutes of talking (and She kept saying "I'm sorry, I cant say anything about that users returns because they aren't yours.") We finally got back to a point where I am on a return with that SSN, along with my ex-wife. So now, the number is hers even though she remarried and that name doesn't even really exist anymore. (Jane Doe, changed to Jane Smith when she married me, changed back to Jane Doe after divorce.) It's attached to "Jane Smith".
I said I've been filing returns, getting licenses, LOOKING AT MY SS CARD, etc. She just kept saying "It's not yours.", so I ask "What is my number then?" (wondering if I now have the ex's) She said there are too many Joe Smiths (not my real name, just to follow the example) to know.
So I go to the SS office, which was really fun, and got a certified letter from them saying that was my SSN, and they even sent me a new card.
I take that to the IRS office, along with my divorce papers that has a copy of my ex's drivers license and SS card on one page. The man punches it into the computer and mumbles "Hmmm..." and that's it. I start asking him questions like I did on the phone and he gives me the same "It's not your SSN so I can't say anything further." routine.
Fvck! :|
But he sees that it "belongs to somebody else" and that he will send all this information (and he didn't want a copy of her drivers license and SS card, wtf) to the main office to get it straightened out.
Yesterday I get a letter addressed to my ex from the IRS. It says "Dear Jane Smith, is this your current address? If not please fill out the enclosed form and return it." WTF is that going to do? So I called the IRS again (forgot it was W2 day, after being on hold for about 45 minutes) so I hung up. I need to go back to the office Tuesday with that letter and see if there is anything else I can do. (School all day Monday in a different city, 23 units in total.)
Cliffs:
1. If you are reading this you are lazy.
2. IRS says my SSN isn't mine, says it belongs to my ex-wife.
3. Showed them a certified letter, issued that day, from the SS office saying it was mine.
4. IRS is straightening it out by sending a change your address form, to her, at my house.
5. I need the form the college requested before the loan deadline, or I am SOL.
6. This may have intrigued you enough to read the entire story.
So, any bright ideas on how to fix this. Any IRS employees in the house? (that want to admit it during tax season)
Update---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So, yesterday was fun, spent about two hours with them. My sister started asking all these questions and the IRS guy asks, "Why isn't he asking these questions?", and "Who exactly are you?" LMAO (If you didn't read my earlier post, she is a CFO with a masters in business finance and accounting)
Well, apparently she was asking the correct questions and figured out there were some 1099's on there that the guy could tell me about. And, as it turns out, they were going to send out a letter in a week (according to him) demanding the taxes on a large some of unreported money. (I was day trading, like thousands and tens of thousands of shares at a time.)
Who knew the IRS gets a copy of the 1099 but it only shows the SELL price. So, for all they know it's all profit. (I had to march my butt over to schwabb and get the old copies and fill out a NEW return last night. Well, actually my sister was kind enough to whip it out while I was spending 5 hours in a C++ class.) So, I'm not who I say I am, but they can hit me up for penalties??? W---T---F???
It also turns out that he showed a "married filing jointly" for the year we got divorced, and I know for a fact that I didn't even file. (see paragraph above, my trading yielded a net loss of ~1,000, so I didn't have to. Bad year, end of bubble.) She may have even asked me if I was going to file, and when I said no, she filed jointly for the extra deduction. (She did some sketchy things on hers while we were married too, which explains partly why we got divorced, I couldn't trust her.)
The end result, filed the old return so I don't get hit for 20K in taxes, plus penalties over the last six years, and file a form that will give me the tax records for the years we were married and "filed jointly". I have to drive to another city this morning, drop them off at 8:30, and then drive back here for ten hours of school.
Summation: If she did file jointly after our divorce, not only will it clear my name but she is going to be in a WORLD of hurt from the man. (I don't really want that, but they will seriously penalize her for that and probably audit the shit out of her, and she really abuses the deductions.)
To be continued...
I tried to get an earnings statement thing-a-ma-bob from them for a student loan, so I called and asked if they could send one and they replied "That SSN isn't attached to that name."
:shocked:
After about ten minutes of talking (and She kept saying "I'm sorry, I cant say anything about that users returns because they aren't yours.") We finally got back to a point where I am on a return with that SSN, along with my ex-wife. So now, the number is hers even though she remarried and that name doesn't even really exist anymore. (Jane Doe, changed to Jane Smith when she married me, changed back to Jane Doe after divorce.) It's attached to "Jane Smith".
I said I've been filing returns, getting licenses, LOOKING AT MY SS CARD, etc. She just kept saying "It's not yours.", so I ask "What is my number then?" (wondering if I now have the ex's) She said there are too many Joe Smiths (not my real name, just to follow the example) to know.
So I go to the SS office, which was really fun, and got a certified letter from them saying that was my SSN, and they even sent me a new card.
I take that to the IRS office, along with my divorce papers that has a copy of my ex's drivers license and SS card on one page. The man punches it into the computer and mumbles "Hmmm..." and that's it. I start asking him questions like I did on the phone and he gives me the same "It's not your SSN so I can't say anything further." routine.
Fvck! :|
But he sees that it "belongs to somebody else" and that he will send all this information (and he didn't want a copy of her drivers license and SS card, wtf) to the main office to get it straightened out.
Yesterday I get a letter addressed to my ex from the IRS. It says "Dear Jane Smith, is this your current address? If not please fill out the enclosed form and return it." WTF is that going to do? So I called the IRS again (forgot it was W2 day, after being on hold for about 45 minutes) so I hung up. I need to go back to the office Tuesday with that letter and see if there is anything else I can do. (School all day Monday in a different city, 23 units in total.)
Cliffs:
1. If you are reading this you are lazy.
2. IRS says my SSN isn't mine, says it belongs to my ex-wife.
3. Showed them a certified letter, issued that day, from the SS office saying it was mine.
4. IRS is straightening it out by sending a change your address form, to her, at my house.
5. I need the form the college requested before the loan deadline, or I am SOL.
6. This may have intrigued you enough to read the entire story.
So, any bright ideas on how to fix this. Any IRS employees in the house? (that want to admit it during tax season)
Update---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So, yesterday was fun, spent about two hours with them. My sister started asking all these questions and the IRS guy asks, "Why isn't he asking these questions?", and "Who exactly are you?" LMAO (If you didn't read my earlier post, she is a CFO with a masters in business finance and accounting)
Well, apparently she was asking the correct questions and figured out there were some 1099's on there that the guy could tell me about. And, as it turns out, they were going to send out a letter in a week (according to him) demanding the taxes on a large some of unreported money. (I was day trading, like thousands and tens of thousands of shares at a time.)
Who knew the IRS gets a copy of the 1099 but it only shows the SELL price. So, for all they know it's all profit. (I had to march my butt over to schwabb and get the old copies and fill out a NEW return last night. Well, actually my sister was kind enough to whip it out while I was spending 5 hours in a C++ class.) So, I'm not who I say I am, but they can hit me up for penalties??? W---T---F???
It also turns out that he showed a "married filing jointly" for the year we got divorced, and I know for a fact that I didn't even file. (see paragraph above, my trading yielded a net loss of ~1,000, so I didn't have to. Bad year, end of bubble.) She may have even asked me if I was going to file, and when I said no, she filed jointly for the extra deduction. (She did some sketchy things on hers while we were married too, which explains partly why we got divorced, I couldn't trust her.)
The end result, filed the old return so I don't get hit for 20K in taxes, plus penalties over the last six years, and file a form that will give me the tax records for the years we were married and "filed jointly". I have to drive to another city this morning, drop them off at 8:30, and then drive back here for ten hours of school.
Summation: If she did file jointly after our divorce, not only will it clear my name but she is going to be in a WORLD of hurt from the man. (I don't really want that, but they will seriously penalize her for that and probably audit the shit out of her, and she really abuses the deductions.)
To be continued...
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