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PATAX
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May 18, 2023
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IRS request heads up

  • May 18, 2023
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Per colleagues, IRS requested copy of W-2 form, form 1099R, and/or form 1099 SSA (with w/h). Not sure if this was already mentioned on this forum. Can't recall this ever happening with me, although Pennsylvania will occasionally request a 1099R if there is PA income tax withheld.

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Best answer by Just-Lisa-Now-

Maybe once or twice a season I get a client with a request like this.

Ive got several clients that get 1099MISC from an Indian tribe (tribes with casinos pay out $$ to their members each year) with fed and state withholding and both IRS and CA struggle getting these amounts verified in their system, so these are the ones that usually get the letter.

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Just-Lisa-Now-
Intuit Community Champion
May 18, 2023

Maybe once or twice a season I get a client with a request like this.

Ive got several clients that get 1099MISC from an Indian tribe (tribes with casinos pay out $$ to their members each year) with fed and state withholding and both IRS and CA struggle getting these amounts verified in their system, so these are the ones that usually get the letter.

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IRonMaN
Level 15
May 18, 2023

I had the IRS request a copy the W-2 for the same client two years in a row so it isn't anything new.

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BobKamman
Level 15
May 18, 2023

How did they make the request?  For what year?  

PATAX
PATAXAuthor
Level 12
May 18, 2023

For 2022. client received the letter directly from the IRS. 

BobKamman
Level 15
May 18, 2023

My clients (a few years ago) got a letter from IRS asking for more information before a refund could be paid.  Since my clients had a balance due on their return, which they paid, they were fairly certain that this was phishing.  I looked at the letter, and it was a pretty good forgery.  

How did IRS want the copies sent?  Was there a fax number, by any chance?  My rule of thumb is that if they send you US mail, you send them US mail.