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Posted by Bow on January 29, 2007, 2:11 am
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I received a notice from the IRS that I did not report
income. It seems that their matching program has matched me
to a W-2 which is not mine. How do I defend my self?
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Posted by Phil Marti on January 30, 2007, 11:31 am
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> I received a notice from the IRS that I did not report
> income. It seems that their matching program has matched me
> to a W-2 which is not mine. How do I defend my self?
Explain it to them.
I don't want to alarm you, but this could be a simple
clerical error or someone could be using your name and SSN.
You should immediately check your credit reports to make
sure there's nothing strange going on.
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Phil Marti
Clarksburg, MD
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Posted by Bill on January 30, 2007, 11:31 am
Please log in for more thread options jberman@alumni.usc.edu (Bow) posted:
> I received a notice from the IRS that I did not
> report income. It seems that their matching
> program has matched me to a W-2 which is
> not mine. How do I defend my self?
You should start by immediately challenging the notice, and
pointing out its inaccuracy.
IRS official correspondence always includes either a "in
reply refer to" line, or is signed by someone -- and you
should identify the sender appropriately in your response.
Make and keep copies of everything you send. In the event
you submit evidence, do it with photocopies and keep the
original in your files.
If your mail elicits no response in a reasonable time, take
a copy of your file, including your response, to a local IRS
office and request a meeting with an agent. Again, keep
your own records including names, dates and times.
Bill
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Posted by Paul Thomas, CPA on January 30, 2007, 11:31 am
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> I received a notice from the IRS that I did not report
> income. It seems that their matching program has matched me
> to a W-2 which is not mine. How do I defend my self?
Write them a letter and state that you didn't work for that
company (the notice should tell you the source of the
income). Explain who you do work for, hopefully full time
in a city thousands of miles away from the other employer.
If possible, send a similar letter to the other employer (if
they provided that info).
It's most likely someone is using (either by mistake or
intentionally) your SSN and/or name with that employer.
--
Paul Thomas, CPA
paulthomascpapc@bellsouth.net
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Posted by L K Williams on January 30, 2007, 11:31 am
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> I received a notice from the IRS that I did not report
> income. It seems that their matching program has matched me
> to a W-2 which is not mine. How do I defend my self?
Tell them is was not you and provide proof that you did not
work for the employer issuing the W-2.
I once had a client who had this problem. Her purse had
been stolen while she was on vacation. Later, IRS claimed
she had not reported some W-2 income. Since the empoyer
involved was somewhere in New England and she lived in
Hawaii, it was not hard to convince IRS she was not the
person involved.
If the employer issuing the W-2 is in your area, you may
have a harder time. You need to show them why you are not
the person who earned the money.
Lanny K. Williams, CPA
Nawarat, Williams & Co., Ltd.
Income Tax Services for Expatriate Americans
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