PTIN Application

[FEDUKE404]

Address problem - try this!

I cannot register with the PTIN even though I had a number for 32 years. The IRS says they cannot authenticate me so I can't get a PTIN.

They said not to bother filing the paper form as that won't help.

I guess they just want me to go out of business.

I called the 1-800-829-1040 to match the address on my return and it is perfect but the PTIN system will not recognize my zip code.

Can you believe this

I believe you have to enter both your "home" address and your "business" address during the registration process.

You cannot use anything but the simple (5-digit) ZIP code, and I seem to recall post office box addresses are also prohibited. (Many places have a different ZIP code for the street addresses versus the post office boxes.)

Suggest you visit http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp , enter your address(es), and see what ZIP code shows up. Again, do not use the 9-digit ZIP code.

Good luck.

FE

[FEDUKE404]

PTIN history

I cannot register with the PTIN even though I had a number for 32 years. The IRS says they cannot authenticate me so I can't get a PTIN.

I know I'm getting way too old, and I received my PTIN when the system was first made available, but for the life of me that does not seem like 32 years ago.

Were you perhaps still using your SSN instead?

FE

[DMICPA]

Been there, done that

Both home and office addresses are the same.

Know all about the 5 digit zip code

Had the IRS verify that the address on the tax return and the PTIN were identical.

IRS said they have never seen anything like this and can't help.

Suggested I wait and see if the bug fixes itself.

[Jiggers]

PTIN started 1999

I cannot register with the PTIN even though I had a number for 32 years.

I applied for a PTIN when they were first available in 1999. I have a copy of my original application and I signed it 8-19-1999. I have a 4-digit number, so it is low: P0000XXXX.

The form used was a W-7P and the IRS has printed "August 1999" just under the form number.

So you could not have had your PTIN for 32 years.

[DMICPA]

Ptin

You are correct in the dating issue. I have had a PTIN for a long time was the issue.

The point is why, at this time, I am suddenly not authenticable. I still have to pay income taxes because they do have my tax returns and require this, but for the new PTIN, I do not exist. Something amiss here.

[FEDUKE404]

A figment of your imagination?

You are correct in the dating issue. I have had a PTIN for a long time was the issue.

The point is why, at this time, I am suddenly not authenticable. I still have to pay income taxes because they do have my tax returns and require this, but for the new PTIN, I do not exist. Something amiss here.

Did you run your STREET address through the USPS web link I provided earlier?

My guess is the data base for ZIP codes that the IRS is using for verification likely has an error.

But at least I do feel a bit better now knowing my PTIN is not 32 years old.

FE

[DMICPA]

Ptin

Yep, I went to the U.S. Post office zip codes and verified.

I even called the IRS so I could verify the exact address on the return. This dept. says the PTIN dept. has the problem. The PTIN dept. says the IRS address verifying dept. has the problem. You get shuttled back and fourth.

I wonder, could I tell the IRS I can't pay my taxes because they are not authenticable? After all, I can't find them in my data base. Do you think that would work?

I would end up being assigned a number alright, the one they use in the prison system.

How you ever considered how in the world you will be more compliant by sending them money? Do you think for a moment that the wayward unlicensed preparers are going to do this? How is this fine for honest preparers going to help anything?

[Zee]

Just an update. As indicated in my previous posting, I completed the online application as a new user. It was accepted and I was assigned my old PTIN number.

The instructions to check the status are poor. There is nothing at all in the status for my application. However, to the right my old PTIN number was listed (without any indication that it was re-assigned).

[Davc]

error.

But at least I do feel a bit better now knowing my PTIN is not 32 years old.

FE

It may be that you applies 32 years ago and the remaining time was processing.

[Kurly]

PTIN By Mail

Have any one applied by mail using the W-12? I did and no response. Mailed it on the 23 Sept 2010. Does this mean since its by mail it will be returned to me via Pony Express? So maybe the 32 years could be right.

Kurly

[JG EA]

You are correct in the dating issue. I have had a PTIN for a long time was the issue.

The point is why, at this time, I am suddenly not authenticable. I still have to pay income taxes because they do have my tax returns and require this, but for the new PTIN, I do not exist. Something amiss here.

Would this apply? When I was having trouble she had me use upper case when I entered my tax return address because it was upper case on the return. That and the CAF entry were the changes.

[lenboush]

For about a week, the site siad I had an "Incomplete Application". When I went in to try to complete the application, it told me I now had a duplicate application. I finally gave up. After giving up, I decided to take a look at it a few days later and behold they had assigned me my old PTIN number. AMAZINGLY, however, the site still states that I have an "Incomplete Application. Oh well.

[Burke]

A note to some as to how to enter CAF. Enter all the numbers after the first number, the R, then go back and enter the 1st number and it works.

I understand the first part. Go back and enter the first number? Can you elaborate? Haven't tried to apply yet.

[JG EA]

I understand the first part. Go back and enter the first number? Can you elaborate? Haven't tried to apply yet.

She had me enter my CAF without the first number (starting with the second) and then enter the R = 9 spaces. Then arrow back to the front and the first number then went in..

[FEDUKE404]

One might ask....

...if the IRS is perhaps using some surplus TRS-80 computers for this processing?

(For the uninformed - this is consistent with my PTIN application of 32 years ago )

FE