Federal return Accepted thru MEF

[mariaefletes]

wondering if a federal accepted return thru mef can later on be rejected because I noticed that the ssn is wrong by a number and it was not rejected.

[BP.]

Did you receive an Acknowledgment from IRS, or was the return perhaps just accepted (so far) through your software provider/efile transmitter? You'd expect an IRS reject if the SSN used is incorrect. Even if accepted by your transmitter, IRS can still send a reject.

[mariaefletes]

well all I received was that it was accepted at both IRS and CA. I am not sure if they were only accepted by the software only. I received them both within a few minutes after sending. Both say MeF.

[okie1tax]

MEF accepted

I think what it says is that there is someone with that SSN and at least the first 4 letters of the last name matches. Your client should probably expect to hear from the IRS at some point to clarify the issue. On the other hand, that other person is almost certain to hear from the IRS IF they are in fact a taxpayer and do send in a tax return. They will have to send in a paper return and at some time the IRS will want to match w2s etc.

[mariaefletes]

doesn't the date of birth have to match also?

[ToledoEd]

A possibility is that the wrong SS# might belong to a sibling of the taxpayer. Remember that kids did not use to get SS#'s until they started working or someone wanted to buy them a bond. My brothers and I are only a couple of digits off on our SS# and we are years appart.

[DonPriebe]

It depends ...

doesn't the date of birth have to match also?

If you use the Practioner's PIN method (which most folks do), the taxpayer's date of birth is not even transmitted to the IRS.

If you use the Self-Select PIN (which requires the previous year's AGI or PIN and DOB, then I would have expected a reject.

[Remember that this is Tax Jargon, not English. Self-Select PIN does not mean that the taxpayer selected the PIN himself.]