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Discussion Forum Index --> Basic Tax Questions --> How Correct Incorrect Stimulus Payment
Discussion Forum Index --> Tax Questions --> How Correct Incorrect Stimulus Payment
MIG999 (talk|edits) said:
| 8 May 2008
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| Anybody know who to talk to concerning an incorrect rebate? I know that my client can wait until next year and "fix it" at that time, but would rather not wait that long. I have looked at the IRS website and cannot find any place that will take a question about the accuracy of the rebate.
Thanks!
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JR1 (talk|edits) said:
| May 8, 2008
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| Check the FAQ sections, very helpful. Answered two off the wall questions from clients....
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MIG999 (talk|edits) said:
| 9 May 2008
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| Thanks JR1 - I looked at those. Did not answer my specific question. This is a funny case, because the letter from IRS indicated that the couple did not have any children, yet they have one child that we have claimed on the tax return for the last five years. The child's social security number should not be a problem, because the client e-files each year and there has never been a problem with that.
I wonder how many other similar mistakes IRS will make concerning the stimulus payments.
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Seaside CPA (talk|edits) said:
| 9 May 2008
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| Is the child a "qualified" child? Someone just came to me that filed their own return, and was not allowed the child tax credit because the IRS said the social security number they entered was for a child that was over 17. They had entered the incorrect social security number. This, in effect, also reduced the amount of the rebate they were to receive. Double check the social security number of the child on the tax return.
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Fsteincpa (talk|edits) said:
| 9 May 2008
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| Mig, if the child is 17 or older then there is no stimulus payment for the child. Not sure if this is the case, but the most obvious question to ask.
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MIG999 (talk|edits) said:
| 9 May 2008
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| Thanks both Seaside CPA and Fsteincpa - The child is five years old and as I noted the SSN has been accepted by IRS e-file each year. I think I will try the preparer hotline and see if someone will at least talk to me about this.
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Sw (talk|edits) said:
| 2008-05-09
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| Did you ever get an answer??
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MIG999 (talk|edits) said:
| 10 May 2008
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| Did not get a chance to call on Friday. Will let you know Monday.
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MIG999 (talk|edits) said:
| 12 May 2008
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| I got a sort of answer from the IRS Practitioner hotline concerning how to correct an incorrect stimulus payment. However, I think it is probably no answer. They told me that I should do a 2848 (Power of Attorney) and then check back and see if anything was wrong with the 2007 return or the SSN for the child. The problem is that I have checked both of these and nothing was wrong. They also said that there will be a chance to correct it on the 2008 return. I think that is what IRS will end up telling everybody with this type of problem.
Your Government Working For You!!!
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94nole (talk|edits) said:
| 12 May 2008
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| I just got a call from a taxpayer for the same thing (child is 14). Entitled to $761, received $461.
go figure.
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D'Nero (talk|edits) said:
| 13 May 2008
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| Maybe I'll take a sabbatical from preparing returns in 2009.
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Bean (talk|edits) said:
| 14 May 2008
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| IRS website listed all the dates for rebate payments. Many have not received by the promised dates, anyone experience that too? Just wondering if you have any luck contacting IRS on this matter - I'm hesitant to do that right now, thought I give it another week after the promised date.
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