I would think that 10 guys using the same name and Social Security number across America would set off bells at the IRS office.
Yeah, It should but they want the money rolling in. They don’t care, besides it’s secret - they can’t tell you if anyone else is using your SSN.
You would think so. Go to your state employment agency. There you will see illegals pulling out 3 social security cards to see which will work. I swear it happened here in Tx.
It would if that was checked. I doubt if it was checked.
It does but the IRS doesn't give a damned. They get more money that way. Just another reason to do away with the IRS.
You would think so but the IRS doesn't care. As long as the money keeps rolling in they turn a blind eye to the duplicates and never notify ICE. They also provide "Taxpayer ID Numbers" for people who don't/can't supply a valid Social Security number. They are useful for filing tax forms and opening bank accounts. Why any legal citizen would need one is open to debate, but there you have it; the IRS is complicit with the illegal immigrant in providing semi legal documentation.
Regards,
GtG
Of course it does. Today, employers all over the US are getting “discrepancy” letters from the Social Security Administration when the name doesn’t match a SSN, or there are payroll taxes being paid on the same SSN from different employers hundreds (or thousands) of miles apart, etc.
As I’ve been thumping the tub here on FR, the issue has to fixed with a mandatory background check done by the employer, and the employers must be given safe harbor against civil and criminal charges when/if they don’t hire someone who failed the SSN/name/eligibility background check prior to employment. As it stands today, an employer is at the mercy of document mills, because you can’t choose which forms of ID out of the several the government accepts on the I-9, you can’t fire an employee when you get the SSA’s discrepancy letter, etc.
Employers must be given the tools and the ability to say “You don’t check out. No job for you.” or “The government just sent me a letter saying there’s a problem with your SSN. You have two weeks to fix it. If you don’t, you’re fired.”
The problem with the SSA’s checks into this multiple-people-using-one-SSN issue is that it takes them years to send out a letter of discrepancy. Years. It needs to happen within two months of the discrepancy appearing in the payroll tax submissions.
How were they caught?
Every frickin one used it to get on food stamps and state Medicare. Every one.
Made headlines in the local section.