Is your vital information correct?
John Havener February 8th, 2007
Yesterday, when I tried to “e-file” my joint Federal tax return, it bounced back to me as having an “issue” that made my return unacceptable. As it turns out, the IRS uses data from the Social Security Administration data base, and that data showed my wife having a different birthday than the one she has celebrated across her life! She got her SS card and number through a small southern town’s SS office, and unknown to her, there was a slip of the pen somewhere along the line. Although she has had a SS# for over 40 years, just today the error in the data base surfaced…an error which made a transaction with the Federal Government impossible. We will correct this error with the SSA, but meanwhile nothing can be done. Is your vital information correct, especially in key government data bases? If not, correct the problem, or in a crunch you may not be able to get what you need!