So IRS withhold the taxes of my partner because it seems there was 2 W2's sent in for 2003 thus IRS is saying he owe taxes. When he called, the rep told him he was working for another company that year and this is totally not true. The actual return filed for that year was for the company he is with now and was working with for the entire year in 2003.
So my question is, why would a past employer send in a W2 for a worker who wasn't even with that company in the said year? How come IRS didn't notice that in 2004, 2005 but only now in 2006?
Any advice how to proceed with this and convince IRS that what they have on file is totally not true. My partner has the W2 and Tax Return he filed for 2003 as evidence that he was with working for his present company.and not the one they are claiming he was working with.
Are companies allowed to send in tax information for employees who left the job LONG BEFORE the tax year being filed for?
2007-02-21 08:40:21 · 4 answers · asked by gtgem 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
He needs to go to an IRS office and talk with one of the agents there, He was sent notices prior to them just taking his refund.
He needs to contact the employer that submitted the W2 and try to get that straightened out with the employer resubmitting a corrected W2.
If this is not an employer that he has ever worked for he really needs to talk to the IRS and through that employer, It could be that someone was using his SS# to be able to work.
Have the IRS send him transcripts of the income information for that year and 2004,2005 to see if it was reported in all of those years
It takes the IRS a year or 2 to review all unreported income
2007-02-21 08:49:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Companies are only ALLOWED to report the actual income of people who actually worked for them during the year they're reporting it for. That doesn't say that no company ever did something that isn't allowed.
This will probably take awhile to straighten out if he can at all. Proving that he worked for one company doesn't prove that he DIDN'T work for the other one - lots of people have two or more jobs. And showing his tax return, which the IRS has info saying something was left out of, is totally meaningless as proof that he didn't work the other place.
Good luck.
2007-02-21 16:57:51 · answer #2 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your partner needs to talk to the IRS and get a copy of the W-2 in question. They will need to certify that the W-2 is not theirs and the IRS will have to investigate. It is quite probable that another person is using your partner's ss# (maybe illegal alien). Your partner and yourself should check the Social Security earnings statements you get each year to avoid this in the future.
2007-02-21 17:17:15 · answer #3 · answered by Lori W 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Someone other than your partner could have been using his SS number to get work. (read illegal alien)
Maybe not, but it is an answer
As a tax preparer, I have seen this situation more than once
2007-02-21 16:48:15 · answer #4 · answered by loandude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋