CP2000 Missing Income

[quicksam]

I have a client who brought in a CP2000 today for TY2013. It says he did not file his $6,100 1099Misc. Client says he only had one job last year and it was from employer we filed. I know the company he worked for and they did not have any changes or buy outs.

How do we handle disputing that this income is his?

Thanks

[TaxGuyBill]

I would first pull this Wage and Income Transcript, to actually SEE the information on the 1099. It may 'jog' the memory of your client. The 1099 may even have a telephone number of the payer, and the client can call them for more information.


Is the 1099-MISC amount in box 7? It may not even be work-related. Perhaps your client received $6100 for some other type of payment.

[Burke]

Normally, when these letters are received, they detail the Company name and address who issued it, and the type of form it was reported on (W-2, 1099, etc) and the type of income (non-employee comp, div, int, etc). Did he bring you the entire document from the IRS? It is usually about 3-4 pages front and back.

[ATSMAN]

I ran into a similar situation with one of my clients last year. Pulled the transcript and there it was. The taxpayers girlfriend is a private chef and she did a catering contract using his info due to some political reason! Fortunately we got that resolved with the IRS by just paying the tax and interest and no more issues.

[taxea]

this is a believe only what you see and nothing that you hear situation. My motto: believe nothing you haven't personally verified.