Article: Social Security Administration and IRS urge taxpayers; get Social Security numbers for your children now if claiming them on taxes.

SOCIAL SECURITY AND IRS URGE TAXPAYERS;

GET S.S. NUMBERS FOR YOUR CHILDREN NOW IF CLAIMING THEM ON TAXES

DENVER, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Social Security and Internal Revenue Service want you to know that you need to act now to get Social Security numbers for children age two and over that you intend to claim as dependants on you 1989 tax return. Returns have to be filed by April 16, 1990.

"It takes three to four weeks to get a Social Security number assigned," according to Social Security spokesperson Jerry Mahan, Public Information Specialist, "The quantity of requests is increasing rapidly, so the closer we get to April 16, the longer it ...

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