anyone else file taxes
 

i filed taxes like a week ago. i was using someone else ss and would file under my itin. this yr my tax prepaper said i would have to file under my new ssn, i did and the irs approved my refund but a friend told me thats gonna come back and affect me cause they r gonna c i was using someone else number since i only had my ssn for a month. what do u guys think. the lady who filed my taxes told me i should be fine cause the gov knows so many ppl r filing under a fake ssn and as long as u file thats what counts. what do u guys think?

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I worked for two years with a fake ss# and used my itin to prepare taxes for those two years.
Everything went smooth, I got my tax return for both years as well with no issues. The gov obviously knows that people use fake ss#'s. All they care about is if you filed or not.

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the only reason i was concern was cause i filed under my ssn since i got approved and the ssn the w-2 has on belongs to someone else

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Ah I see, yea that won't be an issue. My friends mom got her residency a couple years ago and she worked with a fake ss# became legal and updated her new ss# & she just applied for citizenship not too long ago so i think you're safe.

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thanks so much for easing my anxiety whole time i was thinking they r gonna find out take everything away and deport me:( i was afraid to file taxes but i know i had to and i did it with my new social security and i know other ppl who got approved were still filing with their itin number

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The only people that take a look at your tax return/information are IRS and they can't deport anyone since that's not their job. They also can't provide your information to DHS/ICE unless you authorize them. So you're safe. Also you have to resign your ITIN since it's no longer useful.

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Yea, I remember there being some sort of confidentiality clause with the irs & the feds where they can't share your records.

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so when the FBI or DHS does our background checks they don't check with IRS?

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No you have to give them permission to share that information. They are only able to without your permission if you are accused of a tax related crime.

Besides like I said that's not IRS job their job is to collect taxes not go around collecting undocumented immigrants info and giving it to ICE.

Re: anyone else file taxes
 

same here, worked under my dads ssn, n I got my own ssn on December ..filed my taxes for the first time n got approve by irs ..getting refund in a few weeks :)