Just out of curiosity, did you have an inclination this was happening before you contacted the state tax board for your W-2's? I've heard the only way you can be tipped off is by the Social Security statements sent out once a year. It's unbelievable that absolutely nothing is done about this.
No... and I pulled my W2 going back for 3 year... that same person had been reporting on my SSN for at least that long
I've heard the only way you can be tipped off is by the Social Security statements sent out once a year.
My Social Security statements DID NOT have and have never shown any one but me....
The thing is I went to the a (Federal) SS office on this...they (the Fed SS office) would not tell me that there was any one else reporting under my SSN...
If you go to an SS office you can only get a report for info under your SSN and your name...(they ask for my id before saying anything)... you do not get ever thing under your SSN ....just under your name....
The kicker is once I told them I knew that there was someone reporting under my SSN...I was told that what I could do was request they fax a letter to the employer that was reporting under it, to confirm it was correct... but I had to tell them the employer I wanted it faxed to... but they would not tell me who that other person employer was...
(I.E. I had to tell SS office the "other person" employer (never-mind already had it in SS office database and would be the only source of that info)... but SS office would not tell me the other person employer because I was not the "other person" ... a gov "Catch 22" game at it's best)
The one point I should have made clear is the only reason I ever found out is the original State worker had made a "screw up" in giving me the other person name under my SSN...other times I gone in two the state tax board they do the same as the Fed SS (SSN and your name with id before saying anything)