Filing back taxes...

[florida_guy07 0]

Hi,

As you can see from our timeline, my wife just got approved and we were wondering about fixing all her earnings with the IRS and Social Security Administration, she will get a green card and she has all the W-2's from her old jobs (they were listed on the immigration forms), so should we contact her employer and ask them to file a W-2c (fixing her SS#), and once she receives corrected w-2 form, have her file all her old taxes ? She doesn't owe anything.

Thank you

I am not sure if this is the right board but I've been here for a while and I am sure someone here will know.

[Dakine 26]

Hi,

As you can see from our timeline, my wife just got approved and we were wondering about fixing all her earnings with the IRS and Social Security Administration, she will get a green card and she has all the W-2's from her old jobs (they were listed on the immigration forms), so should we contact her employer and ask them to file a W-2c (fixing her SS#), and once she receives corrected w-2 form, have her file all her old taxes ? She doesn't owe anything.

Thank you

I am not sure if this is the right board but I've been here for a while and I am sure someone here will know.

Lost me! Can't figure out how she worked legally on a B2?

[florida_guy07 0]

Hi,

As you can see from our timeline, my wife just got approved and we were wondering about fixing all her earnings with the IRS and Social Security Administration, she will get a green card and she has all the W-2's from her old jobs (they were listed on the immigration forms), so should we contact her employer and ask them to file a W-2c (fixing her SS#), and once she receives corrected w-2 form, have her file all her old taxes ? She doesn't owe anything.

Thank you

I am not sure if this is the right board but I've been here for a while and I am sure someone here will know.

Lost me! Can't figure out how she worked legally on a B2?

Evidently she didn't...

[athena_ny 1]

Hi,

As you can see from our timeline, my wife just got approved and we were wondering about fixing all her earnings with the IRS and Social Security Administration, she will get a green card and she has all the W-2's from her old jobs (they were listed on the immigration forms), so should we contact her employer and ask them to file a W-2c (fixing her SS#), and once she receives corrected w-2 form, have her file all her old taxes ? She doesn't owe anything.

Thank you

I am not sure if this is the right board but I've been here for a while and I am sure someone here will know.

We didn't bother because when we tried, a lot of the past employers got nasty about it - even though it was their fault for not checking his documentation. Kind of put a block on anything we could do.

She should get a form from the SSA next year though, saying that the information they have on file doesn't match what the present/previous employer reported (this would only be for 2007 though) and it gives her a chance to correct what she paid in for 2007.

My husband got that for 2006 but we didn't do anything about it since he was afraid they would alert his employer, he didn't have an SSN yet, and he wasn't entirely sure he felt that he had a right to that money since it was earned illegally. (That is neither here nor there though, just a personal problem of his.)

[florida_guy07 0]

Hi,

As you can see from our timeline, my wife just got approved and we were wondering about fixing all her earnings with the IRS and Social Security Administration, she will get a green card and she has all the W-2's from her old jobs (they were listed on the immigration forms), so should we contact her employer and ask them to file a W-2c (fixing her SS#), and once she receives corrected w-2 form, have her file all her old taxes ? She doesn't owe anything.

Thank you

I am not sure if this is the right board but I've been here for a while and I am sure someone here will know.

We didn't bother because when we tried, a lot of the past employers got nasty about it - even though it was their fault for not checking his documentation. Kind of put a block on anything we could do.

She should get a form from the SSA next year though, saying that the information they have on file doesn't match what the present/previous employer reported (this would only be for 2007 though) and it gives her a chance to correct what she paid in for 2007.

My husband got that for 2006 but we didn't do anything about it since he was afraid they would alert his employer, he didn't have an SSN yet, and he wasn't entirely sure he felt that he had a right to that money since it was earned illegally. (That is neither here nor there though, just a personal problem of his.)

Why would they get nasty ? They are required by law to correct any mistakes.....

Why does he think he has no right to that money ? The money wasn't earned illegally, drug dealers make money illegally.... My wife has over $5,000 that the IRS owes her...it's a good chunk of cash and plus, she now wants everything to be corrected.

Edited October 7, 2007 by florida_guy07

[motu 5]

You can go to a local SS office and show them her current SSN and records of previous earnings and ask them to transfer them to the correct number. Do it once you have everything else settled (e.g. have the greencard in hand) so as not to cause any strange problems. I worked under an ID # for 2 years and had SS withheld and now I am trying to get my credits transfered to my correct SSN - still waiting. Good Luck

[athena_ny 1]

Hi,

As you can see from our timeline, my wife just got approved and we were wondering about fixing all her earnings with the IRS and Social Security Administration, she will get a green card and she has all the W-2's from her old jobs (they were listed on the immigration forms), so should we contact her employer and ask them to file a W-2c (fixing her SS#), and once she receives corrected w-2 form, have her file all her old taxes ? She doesn't owe anything.

Thank you

I am not sure if this is the right board but I've been here for a while and I am sure someone here will know.

We didn't bother because when we tried, a lot of the past employers got nasty about it - even though it was their fault for not checking his documentation. Kind of put a block on anything we could do.

She should get a form from the SSA next year though, saying that the information they have on file doesn't match what the present/previous employer reported (this would only be for 2007 though) and it gives her a chance to correct what she paid in for 2007.

My husband got that for 2006 but we didn't do anything about it since he was afraid they would alert his employer, he didn't have an SSN yet, and he wasn't entirely sure he felt that he had a right to that money since it was earned illegally. (That is neither here nor there though, just a personal problem of his.)

Why would they get nasty ? They are required by law to correct any mistakes.....

Why does he think he has no right to that money ? The money wasn't earned illegally, drug dealers make money illegally.... My wife has over $5,000 that the IRS owes her...it's a good chunk of cash and plus, she now wants everything to be corrected.

Like I said, it is a personal problem of his. I didn't say whether I disagreed or agreed, and I won't say whether I do.

HR simply wouldn't talk to him about it after he told them (2 years after working there) they had the wrong info and it needed to be corrected. I wasn't in the room with the HR person who reacted this way, so I can't tell you WHY but with all the stings around here lately, it could have had something to do with that.

And apparently they don't have much regard for the laws, considering they hired him in the first place.

Filing back taxes along wouldn't correct the errors, if I remember correctly, because the SSA already has the money reporting on the ITIN and IRS is in no way connected to the SSA, and when taxes are filed under the 'wrong' SSN they do nothing to fix it. So you'd probably need to go through the SSA like motu suggested.

[Caladan 19]

The employer, iirc, is required to contribute to SS on behalf of the employee. (7.5% from the employee, 7.5% from the employer.) If they haven't been good about enforcing it for the employee, chances are they want it off the books. Just something to consider. The employer might not be happy about it.

[florida_guy07 0]

The employer, iirc, is required to contribute to SS on behalf of the employee. (7.5% from the employee, 7.5% from the employer.) If they haven't been good about enforcing it for the employee, chances are they want it off the books. Just something to consider. The employer might not be happy about it.

Ok, fine, they might be not too happy about it, but it is my understanding that they don't really have a choice. I am not really sure that there needs to be a reason given to the employer. The information is incorrect, it needs to be corrected, end of story, right ?

I hope they don't give my wife a hard time.

I will call the IRS tomorrow for more explanation. Is there a reason why we shouldn't persue this ? I mean, immigration didnt care that she worked illegally...

[florida_guy07 0]

The employer, iirc, is required to contribute to SS on behalf of the employee. (7.5% from the employee, 7.5% from the employer.) If they haven't been good about enforcing it for the employee, chances are they want it off the books. Just something to consider. The employer might not be happy about it.

Ok, fine, they might be not too happy about it, but it is my understanding that they don't really have a choice. I am not really sure that there needs to be a reason given to the employer. The information is incorrect, it needs to be corrected, end of story, right ?

I hope they don't give my wife a hard time.

I will call the IRS tomorrow for more explanation. Is there a reason why we shouldn't persue this ? I mean, immigration didnt care that she worked illegally...

So, she received her social security number today (only 5 days after applying for it !) - anyway... we've just emailed her old employers to ask about having the info corrected.

I am just wondering, anyone knows anything else? Any good advice ?