Sent proofs once already, worried about personal data theft Not really sure if this is the right area to post this but...away we go.
Rewind 4 months ago, we submitted our amended 2015 return to claim my son who was born that year. We never received his SS card as per the norm for his birth, my MIL died 2 weeks after his birth so suffice it to say our minds weren't on getting that "awesome" tax break. So it wasn't until 4 months ago we got his SSN/card and decided to file the amended return.
Two weeks after we submitted the amended return they sent a request for more info (including our original return back in the mail) They needed information to support line 14. That is all it said. AFter doing some googling it looked like a birth certificate and medical records would suffice. We spent our last $20 getting a copy of his birth certificate and medical records. We mailed that in the next day.
We just checked the IRS site and found that they're returning it again for "need of more information"
I'm incredibly frustrated because short of sending my son through the mail I'm not sure what else I can do to prove he exists and lived with us at the time (all medical records show the same address as the year filed) He's 2 so he doesn't get any mail and he doesn't attend school yet.
I'm concerned that 20 years from now I'll find out that someone who worked for the IRS decided to steal his data and open accounts with it.
I know I go from 0-60 real quick but I'm frustrated with this whole cluster @#$% and am curious as to what else there is that could even be sent? They already got the only copy of his birth certificate I had, his medical records, and his SSN. What else is there they could want.
Also, neither here nor there, I find it a little scammy that documents you need to buy to prove your birth or anyone else's for the Government, are provided by the government at an exorbitant cost, only to send it back to the government, then to have to buy another copy from the government. (sorry my IRS ranting, makes me feel better to have typed it out)
TLDR: What other proofs would they need aside from Birth Certificate and Medical records to prove my 2 year old son is my 2 year old son and living with my husband and myself full time at the year of filing. |