I think the headache isn't so much temporarily having a

Feb 8, 2016
9:35:06am

byubyu All-American

return delayed, it's the nightmare of dealing with the IRS and undoing a return already filed by someone else and re-filing.

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Federal E-File rejected bc somebody already filed with SSN/TIN.

CosmoK

2/8/16 9:13am

I hope they reject my efile it would save me lots of money

cougarfann888

2/8/16 9:14am

Reason #1,965,748 to not have a refund due each year.

mulletYno

2/8/16 9:15am

Wait, what?

SandYFan

2/8/16 9:16am

figure out the perfect amount so there is no extra withholding

TN_Coug

2/8/16 9:17am

Even better. Don't have anything withheld. Put it in an account and make

Lance71

2/8/16 9:19am

Can you make an estimated payment in December and avoid the penalty?

workindev

2/8/16 9:33am

I hadn't considered that. I'm going to look into it. Thanks for the idea.

Lance71

2/8/16 9:42am

Estimated tax payments are due

oohYeah

2/8/16 9:59am

2 points: Form 2210 can be used to explain unequal payments, and the interest

workindev

2/8/16 10:25am

How does that change things?

byubyu

2/8/16 9:27am

Because the money is already in my account?

mulletYno

2/8/16 9:30am

I think the headache isn't so much temporarily having a

byubyu

2/8/16 9:35am

I never suggested that part was not a headache.

mulletYno

2/8/16 9:36am

Well now I'm going to need the other 1,965,747 reasons.

byubyu

2/8/16 9:38am

What am I supposed to do? Quit my job?

mulletYno

2/8/16 9:42am

You'll need to paper file your returns and include form 14039

oohYeah

2/8/16 9:26am

Yeah, I have that all ready to mail. On Phone with IRS, too.

CosmoK

2/8/16 9:34am

After some research, IRS says somebody else just wrote own SSN wrong.

CosmoK

2/8/16 10:00am

Happened to me last year

fan_byu

2/8/16 10:20am

October? That sucks. sigh. . . .

CosmoK

2/8/16 10:26am

There were a large number of fraudulent filings last year

fan_byu

2/8/16 10:28am

I went through that 2 years ago

Styro

2/8/16 10:49am

Wouldn't hurt to freeze your credit now

workindev

2/8/16 10:51am

Ya, I've got the long term fraud alert and freeze on now

Styro

2/8/16 11:18am

The IRS, surprisingly, thinks it was clerical.

CosmoK

2/8/16 10:59am

I never spoke with the IRS - just filled out the form(s) and waited

Styro

2/8/16 11:20am

It's should not issue any refund til after April 15th we are spending

cougarfann888

2/8/16 11:01am

In my case, they say no refund is being processed.

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