@GVU009 wrote:
I double checked my filing status for 2020 and 2021 and I did file HOH and claimed a dependent. 2019 I filed married filing separately. My ex-husband lives in a state where state taxes are collected so I'm thinking the lesser amount of the two reflect filing local taxes. The only thing I can think of is if he logged into our Turbo account and didn't change anything from the previous years information and continued to fill out the online tax form. He was able to cash both checks late February so he could have very well filed before I did. More recently (around April) I got a notification from Intuit Tax that someone tried to use my information to file taxes but it was rejected. Shortly thereafter I received a deposit from the OAG's office into my bank account. Putting 2 and 2 together he tried to file without changing his filing status or tried claiming me as a dependent etc, etc.
As long as you filed correctly and successfully for 2021, and you know that any refund you claimed was deposited in your own bank account, I would consider the matter closed and more or less ignore the mystery about how some canceled checks with his name wound up in your files. You could do a bit more detective work based on the information from the checks (payer, date, other info or code words on the checks) but if you believe you filed correctly and got what you expected in refunds, then these mystery checks don't really matter. And if you did file correctly but your spouse somehow got their hands on your refunds, that is something you will have to take up in your local court, the IRS won't do anything if the person named on the check is the person who cashed it.
