My husband has two names linked to his social security number, what should I do for is this safe?

Question

I discovered that my cheating spouse's single social security number contains two names, one is his and the other I have never heard of. What should I do? Is this safe? Also, we recently filed taxes separately but he filed an amendment. Does that mean I get nothing from the IRS?

Answer 1

It's not possible for there to be more than one name associated with a SSN on the SSA or IRS systems.  That's not to say that someone isn't fraudulently using his SSN with the wrong name but that would trigger a mismatch letter from SSA.

As long as you file separate returns, what he files will have no affect on you for those tax years that you filed separately.

Answer 2

Boston is correct.

And if you get anything back from your seperate return it depends on if you were due a refund. His amending his return might or might not effect your return. If you filed a legal return you have nothing to worry about.

Hope this helps.