my x husband somehow got& signed my sons income tax return& got the money back. he is 24 works 2 jobs& goes to college.his dad is a prison guard& recently became a private detective.how could he have stolen my sons income tax without his w-2,s?i think he got it somehow through his detective work.can anyone help or tell me what to do? hes been doing this for 2-3 years.
2007-03-31 10:17:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Have your son contact the local police and the FBI since this will be a federal matter. Your son is a big boy. Perhaps it's time for you to step out of the situation and allow your son to deal with his own problems, contact the authorities and take care of business. Too bad for your son that this deed involves his father...but the authorities won't have qualms about investigating a crime like this.
2007-03-31 10:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by Kendall J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All he needs is your son's Social Security Number. If you know where to go then you can find info like that for about $50. Since he knows your maiden name he could totally steal your son's identity! And he can do it faster than I can write this note. All he needs is and idea of the information that is on your son's W-2, but he can rob you both blind.
Clearly you are going to have to talk with about this to get him to stop messing up your son's life. The only other way you can do it is to have your son contact the IRS and stop having his work take out withholding. Then you son will have to pay estimated tax four time a year. If he does that then he can make sure to only pay the money that he owes so there will be no refund. Of course come April 15th he will have to pay income tax.
This is a pure case of identity theft and illegal. But, you won't be able to find anyone willing to help you because it is so hard to prove. As a PI he is paying his income tax with estimated taxes so you can't even steal his refund.
I would contact the FBI file charges of Identity theft then I would hire a PI or get your husband's info and fight fire with fire. If he steals from your son then you steal your ex-husband's identity and steal from him.
Changing your Social Security Number is very hard to do, next to impossible, that's just one reason why the US Government never wanted it to be used for an identification number except by the IRS.
I am talking about biblical or street justice and I would also suggest that you get a PI to help you fight your ex. But first I would try to get him to be honest and pay the money back. Record the phone calls or do it via email so you have a record that can be introduced in court. You also need to gather your son's income tax records and his old W-2s to build your case.
The only other thing you can do is to have your son race to file his taxes and try to get an early copy of his W-2 on file his income taxes on New Years day, but that is going to be very tough to do as well.
The problem is that the legal system has no system and no remedy for Identity Theft; the crime is still too new. Congress has tried passing a few laws but if you ex-husband has half a brain then he can run he email through third parties, under false names, with false addresses, and through a lot of other sneaky methods; just the kind of work that a PI does.
2007-03-31 17:39:13 · answer #2 · answered by Dan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well your son can't claim himself and also be claimed by your ex......if ex does not support him, pay for his full time college then he can't claim him, he may have just claimed him as a dependent, and gotten that deduction which he can't do if he doesn't support him. My ex did the same thing and was not supposed to, I don't know how your son feels about it but if he is self supporting he should be getting his own refund and claiming himself. I am sure if the ex isn't supporting him he could be in a heap of trouble, the IRS does not have a sense of humor!!!!
You would be surprised what a little call to the IRS can do.....it would be best if it came from your son or at least, with his blessing......ex husbands are such train wrecks....we should round em up and send em all to an island somewhere....
2007-03-31 17:25:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why haven't you or son reported him? He can't be a licensed detective if he's forging and stealing. If he filed the tax return, he may have stolen the W-2s from the mail. This is a federal crime.
2007-03-31 17:31:58 · answer #4 · answered by beez 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get all the information together that you have.
It sure looks like you EX has committed fraud, he could end up on the other side of the bars.
Your son can just file his return. The government will straighten it out. Talk to the IRS.
2007-03-31 17:25:09 · answer #5 · answered by Floyd B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have your son file a tax return and when IRS starts asking questions then your X goes to jail!
2007-03-31 17:23:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. gather proof of this, make copies of the returns.
2. get bank statements (to show he either cashed them or deposited the money into an account).
3. finally, get a good lawyer and sue this mother f&cker for your son's money back.
PS: say NOTHING to your husband, since that filthy creep has decided to become a PI, you don't want him to be snooping in on your attempt to get your son's money back.
2007-03-31 17:22:41 · answer #7 · answered by Charlie Bravo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call the IRS they will take care of this situation for you. Your son needs to be involved. And yes indeed get a lawyer, your son should sue.
2007-03-31 17:22:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
With your sons Social securioty number he could get anything. You son will have to report it to the IRS and the FBI as idenity theft.
2007-03-31 17:21:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have your son report him to the IRS
2007-03-31 17:21:33 · answer #10 · answered by I know EVERYTHING! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋