Does anyone have a client who applied for and obtained the work authorization number issued by USCIS under the "deferred action for childhood arrivals process" in 2012? I have a client who got the number in 2013, but had already been working under a false SSN received as a child. Now he has W-2's issued in both the false SSN and the new work authorization SSN. I'm wondering how to report this on the tax return, since there will be 2 different numbers on the W-2s.
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Make sure the return uses his legal #. Then enter each W-2 exactly as it appears. Years ago, you could not e-file returns with mismatched #s and had to mail, but that changed way back when I still worked for Block. -
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Lion, thanks for your response. So you think I am fine to e-file the return and it won't get rejected if I do that?Comment
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It's been years since I had that situation, but e-filed then. I'd try to e-file. I'd also warn the client that he might have to mail it. If he's local, that shouldn't be a problem. When I have someone who's going to be out of the area and think I might get a reject (for instance, e-filing a trust for the first time with some ambiguity about the legal name) I explain it to them and print a Page 2 for them to sign when they sign the 8879 if they agree. Then, if I have to mail the return for them during their absence, I have a signature page and can print the rest of the return. Haven't had to use it so I shred the extra signature as soon as the e-file is accepted. Don't forget that form about why you're not e-filing the return! Let us know what happens.Comment
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The IRS permits a mis-match when the SSN on the W-2 doesn't match the ITIN on the tax return. However, the exception is specific to taxpayer's with ITIN. The year in which someone using a stolen SSN obtains their own SSN and they have a mismatch SSN/SSN instead of ITIN/SSN the return would need to be paper filed.Comment
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This post was timely for me, as I have a similar issue.
T/p did not really have a valid SSN # - IRS switched to an ITIN #, now t/p has a SSN for work only.
So file the return for 2013 with the new SSN for work only.
Then the t/p will be allowed to claim her Exemption (work only SSN) which she has not been allowed in the past, per an IRS notice.
Thanks
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