Mistake Sends Purdue 1099 Forms To Wrong Individuals

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Mon, 2009-02-09 10:45

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Purdue University began notifying individuals and businesses after it discovered a mistake was made when sending out 1099 tax forms. The forms were printed two per page with a perforation in between and were meant to be separated prior to mailing. However, the forms were not separated and, as a result, several individuals received two 1099 forms, a correct form and one belonging to someone else. In all 962 individuals and 248 business had their personal information such as names, Social Security numbers and financial information shared with others. The university acted quickly to contact the affected individuals and has setup a Web site - news.uns.purdue.edu/Payroll0901.html - to help answer questions about the incident.