W-2 SSN error

[imjulier]

I thought ATX had a check for SSNs before e-filing???? Apparently not because it wasn't caught until it was e-filed. Taxpayer has wrong SSN on 2 W-2s. I'm thinking about submitting the tax retrun with the right info. and informing the taxpayer that they need to notify both previous empoyers and have them do W-2Cs. What do you think of handling it this way?

Julie

[ILLMAS]

I had a similar case, e-file went through after inputting correct SS#, TP is suppose to notify employer.

[joanmcq]

The tax program doesn't check SSNs. The W-2 synergy with Accuwage does. How would you be able to file illegals if a wrong W-2 rejected?

[ILLMAS]

ITINS

[Lion EA]

Input the W-2 as is, wrong SSN and all, so it matches what was sent to IRS. Use ITIN on tax return if taxpayer does not have a legal SSN. If W-2 is employer error, ask for a W-2C.

[kcjenkins]

I did, once, with an especially a$$h*** employer, simply prepare a W-2C [as if done by the employer] and mail it in. Of course, the client had left that job by end of the year, so any issue would not affect him. I'm not suggesting that you should do that, of course, but it sure solved a problem for my client, who would have been really harmed if his refund was held up over what amounted to a simple typo. Only an issue because the idiot at the workplace refused to correct her own error.