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Article: Benefits misstated on tax form; Social Security Administration to resend documents to 62,000 in state
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 17, 2008
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The Social Security Administration has supplied the wrong tax
information to about 2.7 million Americans and is spending about $1
million to correct the problem, an agency official said Wednesday.
The incorrect data was contained on some 1099-SSA forms sent out
earlier this month said Mark Lassiter, spokesman for the agency in
Baltimore.
The 1099s are sent to all people who receive Social Security
benefits, reporting how much they received during the year. That
information is needed to fill out income tax returns. The Internal
Revenue Service receives copies of the 1099s, which are matched to
returns by computer.
Corrected forms will be sent to all affected Social Security
recipients and to ...