Filing tax return with new SSN

Hi,

We got our green card last year. After that, I applied for Social Security No. for my wife and got it. So, this year I will file tax returns with her new SSN. I used to use Tax ID for her till last year. Is there anything I have to do to inform about the change to IRS or is it OK to just replace Tax ID with SSN?

Appreciate your help...
Sudhakar

Hi,

We got our green card last year. After that, I applied for Social Security No. for my wife and got it. So, this year I will file tax returns with her new SSN. I used to use Tax ID for her till last year. Is there anything I have to do to inform about the change to IRS or is it OK to just replace Tax ID with SSN?

Appreciate your help...
Sudhakar

To Sudhakar:
You can file Joint Tax Return with her SSN. Thereafter your wife should write a letter to IRS informing them that earlier she had filed her Tax return using ID # and now she has got her SSN, so she is requesting them to transfer her Credits to her SSN.
Good luck