I'm Not Jumping Through Hoops.

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

I e-filed my taxes on 2/14/2021 likes always. Got an confirmation from tax site I used it was accepted. I was due a small refund.

Yesterday I got letter from the IRS they need ID verification. Same SS#, name and address as decades before. The only change was I had to file single this year due to DH's death. I could still file as married last year because he died in May of 2019.

If they noted the change to single then they have access to 2020 taxes and can see I was widowed.

They want info either online or by phone info and I need 2021 and 2020 tax forms and all accompanying docs.

DD & I checked IRS website and there is a taxpayer ID verification letter and whatnot. Oh, and after they verifiy I am the same person it takes 9 weeks or longer to get refund.

Not doing it. If it is a scam I'm not biting, and if it is legit I'm not jumping through hoops to get my own money back.

millieshops · ‎03-09-2010

@CrazyKittyLvr2 My understanding is that the only way irs communicates is via a letter, so this may be legit. I don’t know whether they have access to the s death records. Hopefully another recent widow will chime in to help.

Also, the longer we leave money on the table, the longer scammers can get it.

mom2four0418 · ‎04-23-2010

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
I e-filed my taxes on 2/14/2021 likes always. Got an confirmation from tax site I used it was accepted. I was due a small refund.

Yesterday I got letter from the IRS they need ID verification. Same SS#, name and address as decades before. The only change was I had to file single this year due to DH's death. I could still file as married last year because he died in May of 2019.

If they noted the change to single then they have access to 2020 taxes and can see I was widowed.

They want info either online or by phone info and I need 2021 and 2020 tax forms and all accompanying docs.

DD & I checked IRS website and there is a taxpayer ID verification letter and whatnot. Oh, and after they verifiy I am the same person it takes 9 weeks or longer to get refund.

Not doing it. If it is a scam I'm not biting, and if it is legit I'm not jumping through hoops to get my own money back.

It is a legitimate letter. Have you gone online and done the verification? It only take a few minutes.

“The soul is healed by being with children.”
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Still Raining · ‎03-30-2014

It has been a few years, but I do remember doing things for the IRS, as well SSN and Medicare.

KingstonsMom · ‎03-09-2010

@CrazyKittyLvr2

Just a thought from my own personal experience that 'could' explain this, although this may not be what's happening in your case.

A couple of years ago, we filed our taxes (married filing jointly) and received the same type of communication from IRS requesting past tax returns, proof of who I was (not DH, just me), etc.

It turned out that someone had filed taxes under my SSN#, not DH's, just mine.

After I "jumped though IRS's hoops" it was straightened out, that fake claim was denied and ours approved (about $3,500 return).

They gave me an individual PIN# to include with our future tax filings, to prove that I am me, each year.

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

beckyb1012 · ‎03-09-2010

IRS's only way of communicating to any taxpayer is correspondence. When I filed my Affidavit with them this summer for the Identity Theft they sent a letter a couple of months later requesting 60 more days to confirm my identity. Around the end of that time frame another letter came with their acknowledgment of the theft. The next letter I received was just this week confirming I myself did receive the 2nd stimulus. ALWAYS pay attention to correspondence from the IRS.

"Live frugally, but love extravagantly."

KingstonsMom · ‎03-09-2010

@mom2four0418 wrote:
@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
I e-filed my taxes on 2/14/2021 likes always. Got an confirmation from tax site I used it was accepted. I was due a small refund.

Yesterday I got letter from the IRS they need ID verification. Same SS#, name and address as decades before. The only change was I had to file single this year due to DH's death. I could still file as married last year because he died in May of 2019.

If they noted the change to single then they have access to 2020 taxes and can see I was widowed.

They want info either online or by phone info and I need 2021 and 2020 tax forms and all accompanying docs.

DD & I checked IRS website and there is a taxpayer ID verification letter and whatnot. Oh, and after they verifiy I am the same person it takes 9 weeks or longer to get refund.

Not doing it. If it is a scam I'm not biting, and if it is legit I'm not jumping through hoops to get my own money back.

It is a legitimate letter. Have you gone online and done the verification? It only take a few minutes.

@mom2four0418

Oh, it's not that easy, see my post #5. I had to send notarized copies of my photo ID/drivers license, birth certificate, SSN card, before it was straightened out.

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

mom2four0418 · ‎04-23-2010

@KingstonsMom wrote:
@mom2four0418 wrote:
@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
I e-filed my taxes on 2/14/2021 likes always. Got an confirmation from tax site I used it was accepted. I was due a small refund.

Yesterday I got letter from the IRS they need ID verification. Same SS#, name and address as decades before. The only change was I had to file single this year due to DH's death. I could still file as married last year because he died in May of 2019.

If they noted the change to single then they have access to 2020 taxes and can see I was widowed.

They want info either online or by phone info and I need 2021 and 2020 tax forms and all accompanying docs.

DD & I checked IRS website and there is a taxpayer ID verification letter and whatnot. Oh, and after they verifiy I am the same person it takes 9 weeks or longer to get refund.

Not doing it. If it is a scam I'm not biting, and if it is legit I'm not jumping through hoops to get my own money back.

It is a legitimate letter. Have you gone online and done the verification? It only take a few minutes.
@mom2four0418

Oh, it's not that easy, see my post #5. I had to send notarized copies of my photo ID/drivers license, birth certificate, SSN card, before it was straightened out.

I'm sure that each case is different. We had a change of address and received the letter. We were able to verify identity online within a few minutes.

“The soul is healed by being with children.”
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky