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IF you only worked on a W-2 basis, you can fight this quite easily.

There is a very good chance that someone stole your ID & was working under your name & SS number. IF so, you can demand that records from the ‘employer’ be produced.

A similar problem cropped up in N Nevada a few years back. A lady who had worked for the same construction contractor employer for many years got such a notice. When she refused to back down & pay the IRS, it turned out that a Reno McDonald’s owner had a large number of illegals on his payroll & her stolen ID was just the tip of the iceberg.

A raid during only ONE of 3 shifts at his multiple McDonald’s locations produced 63 illegals. He was fined over a million dollars for such shenanigans.

This year, a good friend received a 1099 from a company she worked for OVER 16 years ago. Shen then saw single & lived at a different address. This 1099 came to her under her current married name & at her current married address. She hasn’t worked for anyone in most of those years, as she is raising a family. I don’t know the current status of her 1099 problem for 2013, which is totally bogus, but I gave her the best advice I could. I said to GO IN PERSON to the local IRS & tell them what she knew. I advised her AGAINST going to the company which issued the 1099, since her bogus info could be part of a MUCH larger problem & fraud. I had forgotten about this bogus data, and will try to update myself as to her current status with the IRS.

I am a life long bookkeeper. DO NOT buckle & pay these demands from the IRS. This could be a much larger problem & multiple instances of ID fraud could be behind all of this. Some employers are guilt of this fraud. Some employers get fooled by very good forgeries of ID.

Good Luck—but fight this. It is another part of the dramatic number of illegals who are in the USA.

Get a very good accountant in your area & fight.