Stupid question time.
The IRS says 'should' issue corrected 1098s. I know in legalese 'shall' means it is required and 'may' means it is optional, so where does 'should' fall into that range?
We can't rerun our 1098s because our core doesn't allow it once we have filed, so all corrections would have to be done manually. That is a big job so before starting, the department just wants to know if this is something we have to do.
I have been arguing that it should be done, because if they are 'strongly recommending' we go back and correct the 2018 filing, then 'should' probably is also a strong recommendation even if not required. It is also a customer service issue in my mind, but I can also see their point of the work involved, so I don't want to tell them they absolutely have to do it if they don't.
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