Cliff Nielsen <
porkst...@att.net> wrote:
>i have filed 2 federal tax returns one from turbo tax another from h@r
>block. my h@r block was rejected because my soical security number is
>the same as someones elses they said what do i do?
Verify that the Social Security Number is correct. Find your Social
Security card and make sure that the name you used on the tax return
matches the name on the card. Print out the tax return. Attach
a note that the filing was rejected for the stated reason. Photocopy
your driver's license or other photo ID and your Social Security card.
Go to the post office retail window, not the retail kiosk. Pay the
certified mail fee; you don't need to pay the additional fee for
return receipt. Ask the window clerk to use the rubber date stamp on the
certified mail receipt and make sure you have a clear impression.
Save this with your records.
Perhaps someone will read the letter and flag the other tax return for
use of the wrong SSN. I hope it's not fraud.
Obtaining and retaining that certified mail receipt is key to protecting
your own interest here. This is why God invented certified mail.
I would assume that the electronic filing system verifies that the name
and SSH matches as a minimal anti-fraud check, but I really have no
idea. Where I still have the option to file on paper, that's what I do.