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The "Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice" for both the IRS Form 1040 and the IRS Form W-4 state: "You are not required to provide the information requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB control number."

  • In other words, you are not required to file a form with a "bootleg" number.
  • The Form 1040 and Form W-4 both have the same OMB control number. 
  • The same OMB control number on two different forms is no more valid than the same license plate numbers are on two different cars.

Verify duplicate OMB control numbers:

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040--2008.pdf 347 kb.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/fw4--2008.pdf 237 kb.

Verify duplicate Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork Reduction Act Notices:

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