I had a client come in in Feb 10 and was late in filing . I completed their 08 return and gave to them to mail in Feb 16, 2010. Yesterday I efiled their 09 return and just learned that I had one number wrong on the Prim Taxpayer. It was rejected on efile. I corrected this am and it was accepted by the IRS so far. Both the 08 and 09 have the Injured Spouse Allocation. Does anyone know the procedure on the 08 return. Will the IRS just send a letter asking for a correct Social Security Number, Call Me or What. Has anyone had this happen. Is there any normal procedure. I looked on the IRS site and cannot find an answer.
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correct 08 return and have taxpayer mail it asap - as it has not been officially filed - I wouldnt depend on IRS to call or write.... -
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I filed a client's 2008 and 2007 returns last year. I prepared 2008 first, then client gave me 2007 to do. I hate to admit it, but I transposed the SS# on the 2007 return only. Client had a W-2, and believe it or not, the IRS caught my mistake and entered the SS# correctly. I wasn't so fortunate on the state return.
I had to call the IRS to find out that everything was ok, though. I don't know if this helps you or not, I hope it does.
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Mail in returns with bad SSN get manually checked and corrected for wrong SSN. eFiled returns are computer matched to a copy of SSA Master file and reject if not matched. For current year rejects, you either match to the IRS copy or mail the return in and let the IRS try to match the name and number.
States and IRS echange taxpayers name, SSN, AGI for some matching.Comment
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