Letters to t/p to curb fraud in CA??

[DTS]

A first. A client received a letter from CA FTB saying they had been randomly selected to provide information (CADL, SS cards, W-2, 1099s, etc.) to make sure they are the ones that filed the 2016 return. Very odd to me. All income, refunds and personal information is almost identical in past returns. I thought I would check in here before I call FTB.

Thank you.
Dennis

[Rapid Robert]

A first. A client received a letter from CA FTB saying they had been randomly selected to provide information (CADL, SS cards, W-2, 1099s, etc.) to make sure they are the ones that filed the 2016 return. Very odd to me. All income, refunds and personal information is almost identical in past returns. I thought I would check in here before I call FTB.

Is a refund being held up? Does the letter say what happens if taxpayer does not respond?

[DTS]

Letter

A modest refund is being held up, $2,100. No, nothing mentioned about not responding to the letter, just did you file this return or did you not. I think this is legitimate. FTB website mentions refunds being held up for this, but I am concerned about submitting the information I mentioned earlier.

[Rapid Robert]

A modest refund is being held up, $2,100. No, nothing mentioned about not responding to the letter, just did you file this return or did you not. I think this is legitimate. FTB website mentions refunds being held up for this, but I am concerned about submitting the information I mentioned earlier.

To me, $2,100 is a little more than modest refund. Here is a 1-minute podcast from Spidell that should help, about two different CA FTB letters, one of them is probably yours.

http://caltaxminute.com/did-your-client-get-form-4734d-instead-of-a-refund