I am eligible to collect s.s.disablity but I am told by social security they don't have any history for my working years in the late 70's early 80's. ( I didn't keep w2s from back then).I know I was working for my father's company when he had it back then. He has passed away so I don't know who to contact for info. His secretary back then didn't do very good record keeping I've been told.
2007-08-31 02:34:57 · 5 answers · asked by lsvettek 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
..and NO, it wasn't pay under the table, I got a check .
2007-08-31 04:13:12 · update #1
You're out of luck, I'm afraid. The IRS more than likely doesn't keep records from that far back.
2007-08-31 02:50:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK, you got a check - that might or might not mean that you paid taxes on it. If you did, social security should have the records - if you didn't, then it was "under the table" whether the money came to you in cash or in a check. If you got W-2's from his company at the end of the year, then you were OK, or if you got a 1099 and filed taxes properly.
There's probably not much you can do about it now. You can't get an IRS transcript or copy back that far.
2007-08-31 11:47:48 · answer #2 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If SSA doesn't have infomation on your wages it's a certainty that SS was not withheld from your pay. My gut tells me that you were well aware of this at the time and were working "under the table" with your full knowledge. Now you are paying the price for your subterfuge. One more reason to play by the rules!
If you have 10 years worth of work credit since then you'll get something. But since you didn't pay into the system in the 70s and 80s there's no wages from that time period to base your claim upon. If you don't have your 10 years in, then you're SOL. Sorry.
Addendum: Just because you were paid by check doesn't mean that you weren't paid under the table. It could also be that you were paid as an independent contractor and never filed tax returns on the wages and paid the self-employment taxes. At any rate unless you can prove that SS taxes were paid on the wages, you'll still be SOL.
2007-08-31 10:15:26 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first part of the Form W-2 set is the source document for reporting wages to social security. Social security transmits that information to IRS for cross checking against tax returns. If SSA doesn't have the wage information, IRS doesn't either. SSA sends an annual statement to workers showing their reported wage history. If yours came up short years ago, you should have dealt with it then because the effects of unrecorded wages are significant and long lasting. Unless you can uncover buried payroll records, you will not get credit for the wages. If you can make contact with some other ancient employees of the company, find out if their wages were reported. If you are not alone, it may mean that your father failed to submit W-2s to SSA.
2007-08-31 11:45:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't sound like she took out social security taxes. If she had, Social Security would have that info. Unfortunately, without your tax returns and w-2's from that period, you have no way of proving your earned income. You could try to contact the IRS to see if they can help. They may be able to offer a solution.
2007-08-31 09:43:22 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋