tilt Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 Phone number is 866-234-2942 When it answers, your responses (assuming you want English) are: 1 - 1 - SSN - FS - EX Where: 1 chooses English 1 chooses last year's ESP amount SSN=The Social Security number you are looking up FS=The number of the filing status used last year (1, 2, 3, 4, or 5) EX=The number of exemptions claimed on last year's return Quote
Pedro Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 Thank you for the information Pedro Quote
RitaB Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 God bless you! I CANNOT believe how few clients bring in the letter that said "save this important form" (or whatever). Maybe four out of 100. I don't even mention the rebate, cause they either don't remember, or jump on me saying, "I don't have to pay tax on that!" Quote
Booger Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 Has anyone else seen a "WEIRD" stimulus payment amount from last year? Plugged the info into the IRS website for a client, and got the amount $503.09 (????). Thought that the amount given was before any offsets. If I had time, I would try to figure the amount out. Quote
Catherine Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 Has anyone else seen a "WEIRD" stimulus payment amount from last year? Plugged the info into the IRS website for a client, and got the amount $503.09 (????). Thought that the amount given was before any offsets. If I had time, I would try to figure the amount out. I had a weird amount on one; $513 and change. AND I had one where the website payment listed was $20 off from the form they got sent (one of the few who brought the bleeping form). I've just been checking the website for every client anyway. And I've got one coming in that got way less on their stimulus payment than the IRS on-line estimator last year indicated; that one is going to need investigation too. Catherine Quote
Booger Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 If the client doesn't remember what they received, would you use the amount from the website or the amount from the letter they received?? I'm thinking the website amount. Quote
Terry D EA Posted February 9, 2009 Report Posted February 9, 2009 Good question and I am sure it will be interesting to see the responses. I have been using the website. But if it is down, what other choice do you have but to trust either the letter or the phone call? I guess I would trust the phone message. Terry D. Quote
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