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Bambi2U
(OP) User ID: 69700613 United States 02/16/2016 01:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bambi, we are all so fucked. "We are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly, gentleman's discussion. It is a life and death conflict between the spiritual hosts of wickedness and those who claim the name of Jesus Christ." "The Saints are Sinners that keep on trying" |
Bambi2U
(OP) User ID: 69700613 United States 02/16/2016 01:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here you go OP>. Quoting: PACNWGUY-01 Taxpayers Receiving Identity Verification Letter Should Use IDVerify.irs.gov Español IR-2015-54, March 18, 2015 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers who receive requests from the IRS to verify their identities that the Identity Verification Service website, idverify.irs.gov, offers the fastest, easiest way to complete the task. Taxpayers may receive a letter when the IRS stops suspicious tax returns that have indications of being identity theft but contains a real taxpayer’s name and/or Social Security number. Only those taxpayers receiving Letter 5071C should access idverify.irs.gov. The website will ask a series of questions that only the real taxpayer can answer. Once the identity is verified, the taxpayers can confirm whether or not they filed the return in question. If they did not file the return, the IRS can take steps at that time to assist them. If they did file the return, it will take approximately six weeks to process it and issue a refund. Letter 5071C is mailed through the U.S. Postal Service to the address on the return. It asks taxpayers to verify their identities in order for the IRS to complete processing of the returns if the taxpayers did file it or reject the returns if the taxpayers did not file it. The IRS does not request such information via email, nor will the IRS call a taxpayer directly to ask this information without you receiving a letter first. The letter number can be found in the upper corner of the page. The letter gives taxpayers two options to contact the IRS and confirm whether or not they filed the return. Taxpayers may use the idverify.irs.gov site or call a toll-free number on the letter. Because of the high-volume on the toll-free numbers, the IRS-sponsored website, idverify.irs.gov, is the safest, fastest option for taxpayers with web access. Taxpayers should have available their prior year tax return and their current year tax return, if they filed one, including supporting documents, such as Forms W-2 and 1099 and Schedules A and C. Taxpayers also may access idverify.irs.gov through www.IRS.gov by going to Understanding Your 5071C Letter or the Understanding Your IRS Notice or Letter page. The tool is also available in Spanish. Taxpayers should always be aware of tax scams, efforts to solicit personally identifiable information and IRS impersonations. However, idverify.irs.gov is a secure, IRS-supported site that allows taxpayers to verify their identities quickly and safely. IRS.gov is the official IRS website. Always look for a URL ending with “.gov” — not “.com,” “.org,” “.net,” or other nongovernmental URLs. Already tried that process with both our SS#s and Tax ID #s. "Could not process" and the phone # given to call between 7am & 7pm says "we are experiencing high call volumes fuck off, click" "We are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly, gentleman's discussion. It is a life and death conflict between the spiritual hosts of wickedness and those who claim the name of Jesus Christ." "The Saints are Sinners that keep on trying" |
Smoothsailing
User ID: 71448021 United States 02/16/2016 01:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nautralized? Never have heard of that before. Maybe a delaying tactic? Quoting: Bodiless I loathe the IRS! Nope were both born here in USA. I have never ever had an issue and neither has hubby. The only thing I can think of his dad has same name but is the I and my hubby is the II. Even though the SS #s are different maybe the IRS mixed it up. Im right there with you Bodiless Check the three credit agencies using your husband's SSN to make sure that he has not become a victim of identity theft. Check for loans and credit cards that were not requested by him. Tax-Refund Fraud Soaring, Little IRS Can Do by MATT HUNTER "Here's a conspicuous flaw in the system as currently set up: To file a tax return electronically, all someone needs is a name, date of birth and an SSN. The IRS accepts tax filings as soon as Jan. 1, but employers aren't required to submit correct employment information to the agency until March, by which time roughly half of all refunds have been paid out. (For that matter, the IRS doesn't begin matching employer-submitted data to tax returns until the summer.)"..... [link to www.nbcnews.com] "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear." Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Bambi2U
(OP) User ID: 69700613 United States 02/16/2016 01:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nautralized? Never have heard of that before. Maybe a delaying tactic? Quoting: Bodiless I loathe the IRS! Nope were both born here in USA. I have never ever had an issue and neither has hubby. The only thing I can think of his dad has same name but is the I and my hubby is the II. Even though the SS #s are different maybe the IRS mixed it up. Im right there with you Bodiless Check the three credit agencies using your husband's SSN to make sure that he has not become a victim of identity theft. Check for loans and credit cards that were not requested by him. Tax-Refund Fraud Soaring, Little IRS Can Do by MATT HUNTER "Here's a conspicuous flaw in the system as currently set up: To file a tax return electronically, all someone needs is a name, date of birth and an SSN. The IRS accepts tax filings as soon as Jan. 1, but employers aren't required to submit correct employment information to the agency until March, by which time roughly half of all refunds have been paid out. (For that matter, the IRS doesn't begin matching employer-submitted data to tax returns until the summer.)"..... [link to www.nbcnews.com] Thanks hun! Im gonna go sit and read this. I doubt it will help us fix this but might provide some answers as to why. "We are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly, gentleman's discussion. It is a life and death conflict between the spiritual hosts of wickedness and those who claim the name of Jesus Christ." "The Saints are Sinners that keep on trying" |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 71486987 United States 02/16/2016 01:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Aussie is correct. Quoting: Ziconic Someone may be using your husbands SS#. If you do get a hold of a human being at the IRS, ask how much total income has been reported. If it's more than what is on his W-2, someone else is using that number. Check it out. Also, identity theft issues here. Only talk to IRS agents that you call on their numbers. Don't send anything by mail or answer any questions if they call you. It's probably not them. And again another very real possibility. My husbands dad already screwed us with taxes in the past. He didn't pay his and they have exact same name but his dad is the 1st and hubby is the 2nd. Obviously they have separate SS# but the IRS still put dads under his sons name. When my husband was 18 he had his dads bs showing under hubbys SS#. Im about ready to go to dads nursing home and string dad up! Oh, Bambi, I wish I could take this off of you. This is the last thing you needed. |
Lily o' the Valley
User ID: 11213558 United States 02/16/2016 01:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We have filed just fine every year but this year we got a letter asking my husband to prove his identity. We have tried to use the Identity Verification Service, call the #s provided and none work! Calling the IRS is a joke they just end up disconnecting call. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? Quoting: Bambi2U Im so frustrated my BP is through the roof If you get one of those it's because probably someone is using your ID. If they think you are defrauding them, they do not do this. It is not about being audited. Try the Taxpayer Advocate in your region. [link to www.irs.gov (secure)] I have dealt with them and they are quite helpful. Last Edited by Lily o' the Valley on 02/16/2016 01:41 PM *** Good deeds bring rewards, bad actions bring troubles. That is a law of the universe. *** |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71440398 Ireland 02/16/2016 01:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some filthy mexicant used his information to file a false claim. Good luck getting it fixed. You are now the official supporters of a Juan. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69001916 Shut it Aussie....I dont need to hear your shit too today But he is right.. I'd just ignore the fuckers and go on living. you are stuck in a trap of your own making... they put that little piece of cheese in there and you went for it.. BAM.. snapped right on your head. stop relying on the government for anything.. work for cash, barter and trade.. you can be debt and IRS free. |
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Smoothsailing
User ID: 71448021 United States 02/16/2016 02:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nautralized? Never have heard of that before. Maybe a delaying tactic? Quoting: Bodiless I loathe the IRS! Nope were both born here in USA. I have never ever had an issue and neither has hubby. The only thing I can think of his dad has same name but is the I and my hubby is the II. Even though the SS #s are different maybe the IRS mixed it up. Im right there with you Bodiless Check the three credit agencies using your husband's SSN to make sure that he has not become a victim of identity theft. Check for loans and credit cards that were not requested by him. Tax-Refund Fraud Soaring, Little IRS Can Do by MATT HUNTER "Here's a conspicuous flaw in the system as currently set up: To file a tax return electronically, all someone needs is a name, date of birth and an SSN. The IRS accepts tax filings as soon as Jan. 1, but employers aren't required to submit correct employment information to the agency until March, by which time roughly half of all refunds have been paid out. (For that matter, the IRS doesn't begin matching employer-submitted data to tax returns until the summer.)"..... [link to www.nbcnews.com] Thanks hun! Im gonna go sit and read this. I doubt it will help us fix this but might provide some answers as to why. Good luck! At least if it is some type of fraud with your husband's SSN you can find out now. "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear." Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71440398 Ireland 02/16/2016 02:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here you go OP>. Quoting: PACNWGUY-01 Taxpayers Receiving Identity Verification Letter Should Use IDVerify.irs.gov Español IR-2015-54, March 18, 2015 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers who receive requests from the IRS to verify their identities that the Identity Verification Service website, idverify.irs.gov, offers the fastest, easiest way to complete the task. Taxpayers may receive a letter when the IRS stops suspicious tax returns that have indications of being identity theft but contains a real taxpayer’s name and/or Social Security number. Only those taxpayers receiving Letter 5071C should access idverify.irs.gov. The website will ask a series of questions that only the real taxpayer can answer. Once the identity is verified, the taxpayers can confirm whether or not they filed the return in question. If they did not file the return, the IRS can take steps at that time to assist them. If they did file the return, it will take approximately six weeks to process it and issue a refund. Letter 5071C is mailed through the U.S. Postal Service to the address on the return. It asks taxpayers to verify their identities in order for the IRS to complete processing of the returns if the taxpayers did file it or reject the returns if the taxpayers did not file it. The IRS does not request such information via email, nor will the IRS call a taxpayer directly to ask this information without you receiving a letter first. The letter number can be found in the upper corner of the page. The letter gives taxpayers two options to contact the IRS and confirm whether or not they filed the return. Taxpayers may use the idverify.irs.gov site or call a toll-free number on the letter. Because of the high-volume on the toll-free numbers, the IRS-sponsored website, idverify.irs.gov, is the safest, fastest option for taxpayers with web access. Taxpayers should have available their prior year tax return and their current year tax return, if they filed one, including supporting documents, such as Forms W-2 and 1099 and Schedules A and C. Taxpayers also may access idverify.irs.gov through www.IRS.gov by going to Understanding Your 5071C Letter or the Understanding Your IRS Notice or Letter page. The tool is also available in Spanish. Taxpayers should always be aware of tax scams, efforts to solicit personally identifiable information and IRS impersonations. However, idverify.irs.gov is a secure, IRS-supported site that allows taxpayers to verify their identities quickly and safely. IRS.gov is the official IRS website. Always look for a URL ending with “.gov” — not “.com,” “.org,” “.net,” or other nongovernmental URLs. We have tried to use the Identity Verification Service, call the #s provided and none work! Is there something hard to understand about that statement in plain english? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 3850509 United States 02/16/2016 02:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My advice to you... Arrange your "Withholding" on the W-4 form such that you will never again receive a monetary REFUND. Claim enough exemptions so that at the end of the year you will OWE the IRS some money. >>> WARNING <<< This will require discipline on YOUR part. You will have to set-aside enough money each month so that you are able to send a Tax-Check payment to the government. No One will ever steal a debt payment from you? I would do this ASAP. ? |
notyet
User ID: 6592329 United States 02/16/2016 02:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There are a hell of a lot of IRS scammers running rampant these days. This sounds like one of them/. Quoting: PACNWGUY-01 Easiest way is to drop in at a IRS field office and check it out before you go any further. Take you Birth Cert and social security card with you. You can also go online with Social Security and get proof of your account. And your state issued ID I would also take proof of residency light bill,cable bill ect.from no later than 3 months ago don't forget check stubs. Lots a luck. -.- |
Ziconic
User ID: 63875496 United States 02/16/2016 02:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Aussie is correct. Quoting: Ziconic Someone may be using your husbands SS#. If you do get a hold of a human being at the IRS, ask how much total income has been reported. If it's more than what is on his W-2, someone else is using that number. Check it out. Also, identity theft issues here. Only talk to IRS agents that you call on their numbers. Don't send anything by mail or answer any questions if they call you. It's probably not them. And again another very real possibility. My husbands dad already screwed us with taxes in the past. He didn't pay his and they have exact same name but his dad is the 1st and hubby is the 2nd. Obviously they have separate SS# but the IRS still put dads under his sons name. When my husband was 18 he had his dads bs showing under hubbys SS#. Im about ready to go to dads nursing home and string dad up! Oh geez, what a mess! If you can't get through to them on the phone, then try going to your local office. I know, it's a pain in the ass. However, you might have a better response/resolution there. Here's the link to their office locator. [link to apps.irs.gov (secure)] Show up about 30 minutes before they open and it might not take all day long. I would do this sooner than later. If you wait until closer to the filing deadline, the lines will be atrocious! God, I hate dealing with them for anything. I don't envy you at all. Sorry you have to go through this. Last Edited by Zen & Z on 02/16/2016 02:19 PM “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” ~Seneca You can lead the Democrats to knowledge, but you can't make them think. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 5228414 United States 02/16/2016 02:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Regarding the W-4 forms... I personally use the maximum allowable exemptions on my Tax-Withholding. As a result I write a fairly large check to the IRS every year. (Compared to my Income) But I maintain DISCIPLINE I keep a separate savings account with my Credit Union dedicated to paying the IRS bill at the end of the year. I put money in the account every month, and I don't touch it until taxes are paid. Any surplus in the account is spent on something for the Household. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71440398 Ireland 02/16/2016 02:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'll re-post this.. [link to www.wthr.com] because all of you idiots need to watch and understand what is happening. There is NO fucking reason any of you should be subject to anything from this corrupt and criminal organization. They are criminals.. Do you deal with petty street criminals by bending over backward trying to give them what they ask for? this pile of dogshit exists because YOU fund it! And then it turns around and fucks you at every step while allowing obvious crimes to go unabated and willfully looks the other way while they happen. what the fuck.. talk about sheep?.. you fuckers have NO right to call anyone a sheep if you are still under the boot of this corrupt, criminal enterprise. |
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Bambi2U
(OP) User ID: 69700613 United States 02/16/2016 02:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Aussie is correct. Quoting: Ziconic Someone may be using your husbands SS#. If you do get a hold of a human being at the IRS, ask how much total income has been reported. If it's more than what is on his W-2, someone else is using that number. Check it out. Also, identity theft issues here. Only talk to IRS agents that you call on their numbers. Don't send anything by mail or answer any questions if they call you. It's probably not them. And again another very real possibility. My husbands dad already screwed us with taxes in the past. He didn't pay his and they have exact same name but his dad is the 1st and hubby is the 2nd. Obviously they have separate SS# but the IRS still put dads under his sons name. When my husband was 18 he had his dads bs showing under hubbys SS#. Im about ready to go to dads nursing home and string dad up! Oh, Bambi, I wish I could take this off of you. This is the last thing you needed. You know!?! But you neither! "We are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly, gentleman's discussion. It is a life and death conflict between the spiritual hosts of wickedness and those who claim the name of Jesus Christ." "The Saints are Sinners that keep on trying" |
Just Trina
User ID: 71330009 United States 02/16/2016 02:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ohio required me to do this last year and my BF this year. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 65903203 It's supposed to reduce tax fraud, you must be getting money back. They ask you 3 questions and if you get more than one wrong they go to another level of suspicion. The questions are like "which car have you owned, a chevy cavalier/ford bronco/honda civic/ ford escalade" one of those WILL have been a car you own(ed). The problem you're having is likely because so many people are trying to get through to them with the same issue at once. Ugh!!! I go through H&R Block every year and paid the Extra $$$ for the extra identity protection, ended up paying $650 to have my taxes done with all the extra protection.bullshit and I had to go through all the same questions too. It's crazy what all they know about and all the vehicles you've owned in.your lifetime! Hang in.there OP. I know it's frustrating, |
Bambi2U
(OP) User ID: 69700613 United States 02/16/2016 02:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Neither of us has EVER had a problem with IRS until this year. Still hitting walls at every turn. I did find this obscure forum from Feb this year 2016 with postings from others experiencing this issue but it's not letting me post link. It was on "I got my refund". "We are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly, gentleman's discussion. It is a life and death conflict between the spiritual hosts of wickedness and those who claim the name of Jesus Christ." "The Saints are Sinners that keep on trying" |
Bambi2U
(OP) User ID: 69700613 United States 02/16/2016 02:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ohio required me to do this last year and my BF this year. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 65903203 It's supposed to reduce tax fraud, you must be getting money back. They ask you 3 questions and if you get more than one wrong they go to another level of suspicion. The questions are like "which car have you owned, a chevy cavalier/ford bronco/honda civic/ ford escalade" one of those WILL have been a car you own(ed). The problem you're having is likely because so many people are trying to get through to them with the same issue at once. Ugh!!! I go through H&R Block every year and paid the Extra $$$ for the extra identity protection, ended up paying $650 to have my taxes done with all the extra protection.bullshit and I had to go through all the same questions too. It's crazy what all they know about and all the vehicles you've owned in.your lifetime! Hang in.there OP. I know it's frustrating, We usually go to a preparer also. But our returns are so simple it seemed silly to go pay all that. Thanks lady :) "We are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly, gentleman's discussion. It is a life and death conflict between the spiritual hosts of wickedness and those who claim the name of Jesus Christ." "The Saints are Sinners that keep on trying" |
Red Harvest
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 5228414 United States 02/16/2016 02:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | MINIMIZE your REFUND. You will find that Tax-Return Scams will disappear. If there is no money to steal, there is no incentive. Form W-4 [link to www.irs.gov (secure)] [link to www.tiaa-cref.org (secure)] [link to apps.irs.gov (secure)] Examples...Estimates ONLY...Every Taxpayer has their own set of circumstances... If you are in the 15% tax bracket, raising your allowance by (1) your paychecks will increase by about $570 (i.e. 15% of $3800) over the course of the year. If you are in the 25% bracket an increase or decrease in the number of allowances claimed will change the tax withheld by about $950 for each allowance, so it will approximate $3900 for the year. You seek to get your taxes dead-on, as close to zero owed or refunded as you can get |
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Cptn Hindsight
User ID: 65628652 United States 02/16/2016 03:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some filthy mexicant used his information to file a false claim. Good luck getting it fixed. You are now the official supporters of a Juan. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69001916 Shut it Aussie....I dont need to hear your shit too today its a very real possibility. when you look at a problem, you should look at as many possibilities you can think of. It is a possibility, it wouldnt be the first time this has happened. just the first time its happened to you. so far you have two possibilities. three if you count the governments normal incompetency. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24395884 United States 02/16/2016 03:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I saw on the news that because of the Hack of so many SSN#s they are having a hard time culling out all the fake filings. What a bunch of BS. Who knows how ther're going to fix this cluster. Probably mail everybody a check. The Feds are so fucked in the head. We need to through them all out. Ever wonder why they want to take away our guns? They know one day we will be coming to clean house. |
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