Household employees rejected by IRS

[joanmcq]

So far two of my 3 clients with household employees have rejected by the IRS.  I have filed all three successfully in the past. The reject code says the employer EIN must match what’s in the IRS database. Has anyone else had this problem and what did you do about it? Am I forgetting a box somewhere? Is the IRS database full of cockroaches?

[Abby Normal]

The IRS's databases of names, EINs and year end dates, appear to be missing tons of data, this year. I had to do some finagling to get a 7004 to go through, after getting a 'year end date does not match' error on the reject.

[Lee B]

39 minutes ago, Abby Normal said:

The IRS's databases of names, EINs and year end dates, appear to be missing tons of data, this year. I had to do some finagling to get a 7004 to go through, after getting a 'year end date does not match' error on the reject.

I had that happen 3 or 4 years ago and ended up mailing in the 7004.  Of course with the current backlog . . . . . . ?

[joanmcq]

ok, I finally got the Letter 147C from the IRS and guess what! She filed for an EIN for an SMLLC she started years & years ago.  So the EIN she filed to be a household employer is ???  I guess she never closed down the SMLLC? 

What should I do with the return?  File with the old EIN for the SMLLC?  Have her husband get one for his own care?

[joanmcq]

More information: the EIN she used last year & this year is the one from her LLC. Since it was applied for under XYZ, LLC it failed the name match this year. Husband is in the hospital.  Does anyone have an idea what I should do?