passport id

[schirallicpa]

I've had a couple of cases where the client's ID is a passport because they don't have a driver's license and don't know what else to give me.  Why isn't that a selection on the pull-down menu on the main info page. Passports valid ID's.

[Lee B]

Probably because the I D requirements are state specific?

[joanmcq]

I've wondered this myself.  Even if the ID requirements are state-specific, a passport is an approved form of ID.

[Lee B]

Statement from New York: NYS will reject e-filed returns if the DL or ID card information is not included with the tax return. This applies to all main form submissions and standalones (Forms IT-201, IT-201-X, IT-203, IT-203-X, IT-214, NYC-208, and NYC-210). This applies to both the prime taxpayer and spouse taxpayer (when present). The user can also indicate that they do not possess a valid driver license or state-issued ID.

NYS requires that the DL or ID card information be collected when available for extensions and estimated tax payments (Forms IT-370 and IT-2105). The user can also indicate they do not possess a valid driver license or non-driver ID card or they did not provide a driver license or non-driver ID card.

NYS will reject e-filed returns if the DL or ID card information is not properly formatted when issued by NYS. NYS-issued DL or ID cards contain only numerics and are 9 digits in length. This applies to all main form submissions, extensions, and standalones (Forms IT-201, IT-201-X, IT-203, IT-203-X, IT-370, IT-214, NYC-208, and NYC-210).

NYS will reject e-filed returns that do not include the three-character document number for the prime and/or spouse(when present) when a NYS issued DL or ID card is entered. This applies to all main form submissions, extensions,and standalones (Forms IT-201, IT-201-X, IT-203, IT-203-X, IT-370, IT-214, NYC-208, and NYC-210).

[Pacun]

In some DC cases, I have entered the ID or license information and yet my clients receive a letter asking them to go on line and submit scanned copies of their IDs or licenses.... especially for people with ITINs. 

[Catherine]

The flip side of this is I have one client whose DL expired in 2009-ish. She has not updated it as she has been working all over the world as well as in the US, flitting around like a butterfly. She has an international DL but that is not accepted for tax ID. We keep using the over-ten-years-gone ID and it still works for claiming refunds. She will be settling down (thank goodness; ugh) and will get a new, local, DL this year, she promises.