4 Rejects!!!

[SueBaby]

Have a client decided to change name on SS. She has 4 names on it and each time I put the name in it gets rejected. Tried it 4 times now. She has her madien name plus an hyphen her married name and 2 intitals on it plus her first full name. I am getting very beside myself because it is a partnership and due Monday.

So now what? Her SS # is correct but her funny long (stupid) name isn't. Can't seem to satisfy the IRS with any name. to what to do now.

[WhiteOleander]

Call the IRS efile center. They can tell you what is being rejected and how to list the name.

[JohnH]

You culd also paper file if you just can't get it to go through electronically.

[ChEAr$]

wait a minute~

You say it is a partnership? Then it's partnershp's name and EIN that matters, not
the owners' social security numbers.

With a POA you can call practitioners' hotline and find out correct spelling IF it's
partnership's name that is the problem.

[David1980]

If it's rejecting for the partnership name/EIN, there's also a "name change" check box that could push it through. Of course if you have the wrong EIN, that could change the name for someone else's partnership... Did they actually change the partnership name?

[SueBaby]

You say it is a partnership? Then it's partnershp's name and EIN that matters, not
the owners' social security numbers.

With a POA you can call practitioners' hotline and find out correct spelling IF it's
partnership's name that is the problem.

No this is the spouse's name on her SS card that is hay wire. It will not go through because of HER name that is it. Everything else is fine but that. It comes back as spouse's name and I have tried so many different ways till I don't know what her real name is on it. I would really like to find out because I am running out of names and time. Thanks

[Lion]

Partnership?

By the way, partnerships are not due Monday. Corporations are, though. Are you filing a partnership with a person's last name and SSN? How long ago did she change her name? Maybe her old name is still in the computer. I still don't understand how that affects a partnership...

[SueBaby]

By the way, partnerships are not due Monday. Corporations are, though. Are you filing a partnership with a person's last name and SSN? How long ago did she change her name? Maybe her old name is still in the computer. I still don't understand how that affects a partnership...

She changed her looong name on it last year. I have put it in 6 different ways and none of them will go in. It doesn't affect anything on the parnership return only her name going through. It always comes back with spouse's name wrong on SS card. That is because of so many names with her middle name ,her first name, her maiden name and married name; ;never seen anything like it on any SS card ever. None seems to work.

[DTS]

Name

I've had times when a reject happened that fixing that name will not work. I believe the best thing to do is paper file it and all should be OK.

D

[Koss]

Sue

I may be able to help with this...

Post an example of what the name looks like.

Without using your client's real name, post a fictitious name that has exactly the same number of characters, so I can see how it's formatted, i.e, where the hyphen is, and how it is structured.

What ethnicity is the client?

Believe it or not, this actually makes a difference...

There are different conventions for certain ethnic groups, such as the Spanish-speaking population, where people frequently have two last names.

I'd also like to know what the OLD name looked like...

BMK

[ChEAr$]

fwiw

I've a partnership, correct name of which is "John G and Mary R Smith" (NOT their
real names! grin)

However when the 1065 if filed, it's always filed as Smith Trucking Company.

Legally speaking and with IRS it's the first line above which is official. However I've never
had a 1065 reject filing this way.

At any rate, you have till april 15th to file the 1065.

[taxea]

Have you looked at the social security card? taxea

[Lion]

Recent?

If she just changed her SS records, a SS speaker told us that they are now putting the last name (the one their computer considers the last name or names) on a second line from the other names. Haven't seen one yet, but it's long overdue. Have her call SSA Monday morning to ask what her last name is per their records. But, I still don't know what her last name has to do with a partnership name matching a partnership EIN.

[SueBaby]

Have you looked at the social security card? taxea

I have looked at it till I am blue in the face!! It is like a name I have ever seen before: like
Natalie B F Johnson-Williamson; tried several ways. Going to call this morning still will not go through for so odd reason! Thanks

[Lion]

Glad it finally worked

I had one that was listed as (fictitious name, of course, for this posting) Jane Doe Smith Jones. Took us three tries. I think Smith Jones ended up being her last name with Doe her middle and Jane her first.