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Best tax story yet Paul Thomas, CPA 03-10-2007
---> Re: Best tax story yet Paul Thomas, CP...03-11-2007
Posted by Seth Breidbart on March 12, 2007, 8:34 pm
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>> Paul, if you can get his real name and SS#, why not correct
>> the return and then let his girlfriend have it (once she
>> pays you)?

> She keeps insisting it's his correct SSN (I have my doubts
> of course). It was issued in Texas in the early 90's. I
> don't normally run SSN checks on new clients, but I'll
> probably start.
>
> The paper is full of his correct name.

Is it ethical for you to do a return with "unknown" for the
SS#? to do his tax return, not his general worrying.

Seth

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Posted by Stuart A. Bronstein on March 13, 2007, 6:26 pm
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sethb@panix.com (Seth Breidbart) wrote:

>>> Paul, if you can get his real name and SS#, why not correct
>>> the return and then let his girlfriend have it (once she
>>> pays you)?

>> She keeps insisting it's his correct SSN (I have my doubts
>> of course). It was issued in Texas in the early 90's. I
>> don't normally run SSN checks on new clients, but I'll
>> probably start.
>>
>> The paper is full of his correct name.

> Is it ethical for you to do a return with "unknown" for the
> SS#? to do his tax return, not his general worrying.

Could he have been in the witness protection program? If he
had been, which would be is correct name and social security
number?

Stu

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<< The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, >>
<< nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties >>
<< that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >>
<< >>
<< The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts >>
<< to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy >>
<< are at www.asktax.org. >>
<< Copyright (2006) - All rights reserved. >>
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