Someone claimed my child during one of those "Early Refund" promos at Christmas time, Just 2 weeks ago I filed my taxes online. This someone decides to contact me today to tell me this. What can I do to correct this. The person says that their taxes were filed incorrectly. Obviously!
2007-01-31 00:47:36 · 16 answers · asked by syandsed 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
You need to File a paper return and mail it in. You will both get notified that your sons SSN was used twice, and you will be requested to submit proof that you were entitled to claim him on your return. Respond to this notice immediately. The IRS will determine who was qualified to claim her. If any refund was issued to the party who was deemed unqualified , they will owe the overpayment plus interest and penalties For more information call the Internal Revenue Service at 1-800-829-1040
2007-01-31 01:08:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
They may not have actually filed yet. Those "Early Refund" promos are usually pre-file loans and not actual tax returns. If you have already filed, just wait and see if the IRS sends you your correct refund or a letter stating that someone else claimed your child. You may have to prove your right to claim your child by sending a copy of the birth certificate and divorce papers if the other person is your former spouse.
If you are entitled to claim the child then you will win, but it will take some time. It may be late in the year before the dust settles, but you will win and the other person will be required to pay back the tax refund that they recieved.
2007-01-31 01:55:42 · answer #2 · answered by Gypsy Girl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The IRS will contact you both and ask for proof of your claim to the exemption. You'll have to file a paper return, however.
Ideally the other person should immediately file an amended return without your child listed. If they don't, the IRS will be in touch with both of you. The IRS will then determine who is entitled to the exemption. Almost certainly that will be you. The other person will then be billed for any tax due because they lost the exemption.
Unfortunately for you this will delay your refund by several weeks until this is cleared up. The other person may have other issues to deal with such as penalties for filing a false return, etc.
2007-01-31 01:15:11 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the other person took the advance refund loan based on the child, but you filed with your child, then the other person has not filed their own taxes claiming the child. They only took an advance loan on the refund. If the other person tries to file with the child, his return will be rejected.
This is not your problem to correct, as long as you were entitled to claim the child. The other person will have to pay back the loan taken.
You are not obligated to discuss your taxes with this person. If they are entitled to claim the child, they need to speak to a tax advisor as to how to proceed.
If you have made an error in claiming the child, go to your tax preparer and file an amendment removing the child from your return. You will have to pay back part of your refund.
2007-01-31 01:22:35 · answer #4 · answered by ninasgramma 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That person is BSing you. When they put your child on their they have to tell the people this. The tax prepared does NOT GUESS.
Anyway, tell the person they need to do a correction on their taxes. If you are the one that has the LEGAL right to claim the child, then call the IRS hotline and ask about what you can do.
But it will get caught cuz SSN are cross referenced. So you should get a notice soon. If you get your refund, you will get the notice later but eventually you will get notified, both of you will. Tell the other person that you will report to IRS what happened if they do not report to IRS immediately. Give it a week and call it in.
2007-01-31 01:12:07 · answer #5 · answered by Big C 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you know Who filed and claimed your kid?--More than likely you both will be audited. Did the child live with you for more than 6 mos out of the year? Do you have custody? These are all questions you are going to be asked, and you may need to prove it, because if the other person says that they cared for and the child lived with them for more than 6 months and proves it, they will get to claim the kid. If it was some stranger who filed their taxes incorrectly and used wrong soc numbers for their kid then they are at fault and will face all the fines and penalties for repaying and amending their return. You will need your kids social security number, custody papers (if you have any they might be needed), and type of bills you may have to prove you supported the child for more than 6 months. IF custody is not an issue, don't worry about custody papers. And pull all past returns that you have filed that showed you claimed your child on previous years. It will support that the child with the soc number that is being used is your child. A birth certificate maybe necessary too. It is better to be overprepared for all ?'s that may arise. If you are at fault though and shouldn't have claimed the child then you will face penalties and fees for amending your return.
2007-01-31 01:13:36 · answer #6 · answered by HappyGoLucky 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If they file an amended return with the correction then you don't have to do a thing. If they don't, just keep a copy (if you have it) of their admission to the mistake and if the IRS comes knocking they will simply ask you to prove your qualification in taking the deduction and then ask the other person to do the same. Since the other person obviously made the mistake then it will be a correction for them to take up with the IRS not you. You're not at fault.
2007-01-31 01:10:06 · answer #7 · answered by Clint C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which one of you have the right to claim him? The other person? Then let them pay the consequences. Just sit still on this, it will all come out in the wash (the IRS's wash, that is).
The one who claims the child is the one who he resides with the majority of the time. OR if you have a document that proves different (like a divorce or custody paper from the court).
2007-01-31 01:10:34 · answer #8 · answered by Barbara 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who did the infant stay with the main for the period of the year? it quite is the guy who can legally declare the infant. If she lived the comparable quantity of time with the two and you 2 can not p.c. the IRS will p.c. and that often is the determine with the better AGI. If the mother and infant lived with you the entire year and he or she did no longer earn over 3,4 hundred and you provided over 0.5 of her finished help and you paid greater effective than 0.5 of the value of shielding up a house for the year you may document head of enjoyed ones and declare the two one in each and every of them. the mother can nonetheless document a tax return to get a reimbursement of her taxes paid as long as she does no longer declare herself. in case you probably did no longer stay with the mother and infant and the infant lived with the mother you 2 can proportion the based if the mother agres. she will use the infant for head of enjoyed ones(if she qualifies) and EIC and based care credit and you will use the infant as an exemption and infant tax credit
2016-11-23 17:08:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this someone your child's parent? Anyway, what you should do is to simply wait till IRS discovers your (or the other person's) mistake and contact you. IRS would want you and the other person to prove the child is your (or the other person's) dependent. This is not an audit. They will simply mail you a letter and you respond. That's it.
2007-01-31 01:08:58 · answer #10 · answered by spot 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋