topic My son had his last name changed over the summer, do I leave his name as it was before on the tax return or use the new last name? SSN hasn't been updated yet. in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-son-had-his-last-name-changed-over-the-summer-do-i-leave-his-name-as-it-was-before-on-the-tax/01/2466581#M881091 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:15:23 GMT userlawrencecountyla 2026-03-09T06:15:23Z My son had his last name changed over the summer, do I leave his name as it was before on the tax return or use the new last name? SSN hasn't been updated yet. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-son-had-his-last-name-changed-over-the-summer-do-i-leave-his-name-as-it-was-before-on-the-tax/01/2466581#M881091 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:15:23 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-son-had-his-last-name-changed-over-the-summer-do-i-leave-his-name-as-it-was-before-on-the-tax/01/2466581#M881091 userlawrencecountyla 2026-03-09T06:15:23Z Re: My son had his last name changed over the summer, do I leave his name as it was before on the tax return or use the new last name? SSN hasn't been updated yet. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-son-had-his-last-name-changed-over-the-summer-do-i-leave-his-name-as-it-was-before-on-the-tax/01/2466585#M881092 <P>Use the name that is on his current Social Security card.</P> Thu, 10 Feb 2022 20:40:09 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-son-had-his-last-name-changed-over-the-summer-do-i-leave-his-name-as-it-was-before-on-the-tax/01/2466585#M881092 DoninGA 2022-02-10T20:40:09Z Re: My son had his last name changed over the summer, do I leave his name as it was before on the tax return or use the new last name? SSN hasn't been updated yet. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-son-had-his-last-name-changed-over-the-summer-do-i-leave-his-name-as-it-was-before-on-the-tax/01/2466586#M881093 <P>Use whatever name is currently in the social security records. The IRS uses the social security records to verify identity.</P> Thu, 10 Feb 2022 20:40:30 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-son-had-his-last-name-changed-over-the-summer-do-i-leave-his-name-as-it-was-before-on-the-tax/01/2466586#M881093 Texas Roger 2022-02-10T20:40:30Z