Filing Taxes, SSN and Name Conflict Error

[Andrew Roberts 0]

I'm a US Citizen. My wife and I married this July with a K1 Visa. I filed my taxes already, since it was pretty simple, only I had income to claim, she didn't have any foreign or US income for 2010. She got her GreenCard in December and then went to the Social Security Office to have her last name changed to mine. That new card still hasn't arrived.

Well I've received a notice from Turbo Tax that her name and SSN don't match. What should I do? She probably needs to go to the SS office again to see what's going on, but should I just 'Fix' the error by putting down her maiden name for right now to get my return processed right away?

[YuAndDan 153]

?? Thats interesting the program somehow runs out and confirms SSN? That's a first.

You can always use maiden name on the return for the first year's return, and then married name on any future returns, as in next year.

[Darnell 8,479]

first year filers (she is one, sorry)

won't have any prior history with the IRS of actually filing.

Must have prior history with IRS to USE turbotax (sorry) as turbotax does a validation with the IRS database to check (not the SSA database, alas).

Suggest you file a paper return WITH electronic ACH refund process thingie (funds deposited into yer bank account) for this 'first year'.

Good Luck !