Thanks Kevin

, but I was hoping maybe 1 member of DRTV worked for the IRS and could explain if the 12/09/02 had any meaning, and yes I will wait a couple of weeks to see if anything turns up, I did have trouble about that time because I had a unexpected windfall of 50,000 dollars, not in cash, but a loan forgiveness, ( never heard of that? I had not ), my home loan was attached to a bond, the bond matured early, and law says, any loan attached to the bond is forgiven, weirdest thing, however, I got a 1099 for 50 grand and change, imagine at your current witholdings, you tack on 50g's and it moves into a wildly different tax bracket. We filed for an extension for the extra cost, but as I found out later, my wife never actually filed the return, and after a few years said I owed 14g's to the Treasury, as you can imagine, I was devastated, I called the IRS agents, who were not helpful, until I just stuck with it, they said I had held jobs all over the country, at the same time, including, carving beef in Kansas, the agents were playing hardball, but after talking to them many times, had an agent, finally tell me, sir you did not file a return. I went to the local IRS office, with my w2's and a RETURN, and in the end, I got 2-3 hundred back. Best advice I ever got, go to the local office and talk to people face to face, those people were a great help, and had a good attitude, told me exactly step by step how to get myself out of the situation.
No I did not claim the " making work pay credit " but maybe they applied it after the fact?
If there are any members who are good at social security, my wife is 100% permanently disabled, and cannot get disability because I make TOO MUCH money, I make less than 100k a yr, and why should that matter, we actually talked about an agreed legal only divorce, so she can collect what to my sense, she has a right to, as much as anyone. If she survives me, and she probably will, then she can collect, but of course my IRA will not pay her, until my dead body reaches 65, without penalty.
Thanks for all the replies.