Actually, none of the income involves w-2's or employee income, and the Social Security problem is just as I described it. And, of course, I've checked my Social Security online account.
And, if you read my original post, over a year ago the IRS rep told me they would put a Taxpayer Advocate in touch with me, and they did a couple of months later. The Taxpayer Advocate left a voicemail message on my phone to the effect of "This is the Taxpayer Advocate; since you didn't file a 2019 return, I can't help you." The TA left no contact info, and the phone number on the message was simply one of the IRS's "800" phone numbers, which when I called it, had the usual computerized series of greetings on it. In other words, I had no way of getting back to the Taxpayer Advocate, which is probably what he intended.
And, frankly, I'm not interested in waiting another 6 months to find out how the IRS bungled this.
Thanks anyway
