IRS Identity Verification

3bm103
Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:27:24 +0000

They don’t even need to do that. They simply have your name and social security number, file a return with a fake W-2 (IRS doesn’t get those until much later) and gets a refund before you file a real return. They don’t need your real W-2 to do it. Owing doesn’t prevent someone from having filed a return in your name before you do. Only filing before they do stops them.

We had someone come in today that got a letter from the IRS saying someone had filed a return with the husband’s name and some other man. This will be fun to sort out.