Unknown person fraudulently claims dependent

[myerstaxes]

Happen to a client of mine

Only they were audited because of it three years in a row...They have two children who they adopted after being the childrens foster parents...We suspect that this is the birth mother...Each year we have to prove they are their children, showing court documents of adoption, letter from church, doctors, babysitters...You get the picture...So aggrevating to say the least...

[veritas]

Makes you wonder

why they don't audit the other party. I would think one audit would solve the problem.

[myerstaxes]

Both have a birth certificate

I am thinking that they both have a copy of birth certificate and the SSN, although the last names have been changed after the adoption..They probably are auditing both,(that is the procedure they are to follow, but will never tell us because of privacy issues) but then again this is a service center audit...they are very different than a face to face...I understand the birth mother was on drugs, probably getting the EIC...

[Mike Mac]

510 error code reject

Just yesterday I had a code 510 reject for clients I've done the last 15 years. The error code is that someone used one of my clients SS #'s to claim a dependent. What a pain.
Had to call them back in to pick up a paper-filing copy to mail in. Now their both their refund and Stimulus payment will be delayed and they'll have to go through the process of proving that they are indeed themselves.

This does make them a bit nervous about identity theft. What are the odds of both the first four characters of their last name and an error in typing in a SSN incorrectly matching their characters and SSN numbers and characters.