{"id":2369,"date":"2018-03-08T12:18:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T18:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2018-03-08T12:18:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T18:18:21","slug":"taxpayers-should-report-name-changes-before-filing-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/taxpayers-should-report-name-changes-before-filing-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxpayers Should Report Name Changes Before Filing Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>When a taxpayer changes their name, that change can affect their taxes. All the names on a taxpayer\u2019s tax return must match Social Security Administration records.<\/h2>\n<p>A name mismatch can delay a tax refund. Here\u2019s what a taxpayer should do if anyone listed on their tax return changed their name:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reporting Taxpayer\u2019s Name Change. Taxpayers who should notify the SSA of a name change include:\n<ul>\n<li>Taxpayers who got married and use their spouse\u2019s last name.<\/li>\n<li>Recently married taxpayers who now use a hyphenated name.<\/li>\n<li>Divorced taxpayers who now use their former last name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Reporting Dependent\u2019s Name Change. Taxpayers should notify the SSA if a dependent\u2019s name changed. This includes an adopted child who now has a new last name. If the child doesn\u2019t have a Social Security number, the taxpayer may use a temporary Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number on the tax return. Taxpayers can apply for an ATIN by filing a Form W-7A.<\/li>\n<li>Getting a New Social Security Card. Taxpayers who have a name change should get a new card that reflects a name change. File Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card. Taxpayers can get the form on SSA.gov or by calling 800-772-1213.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a taxpayer changes their name, that change can affect their taxes. All the names on a taxpayer\u2019s tax return must match Social Security Administration records. A name mismatch can delay a tax refund. Here\u2019s what a taxpayer should do if anyone listed on their tax return changed their name: Reporting Taxpayer\u2019s Name Change. Taxpayers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-03-08T18:19:10Z","apple_news_api_id":"1587b435-be68-4170-9a55-fa14064ab797","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-03-08T18:19:12Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AFYe0Nb5oQXCaVfoUBkq3lw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/74d71b26-dfe2-3cf6-9b79-55911f8259f1"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tax"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}