94-Year-Old WWII Vet Insists Hes Alive, but the IRS Isnt Having ItLily Dane This time, a 94-year-old World War II veteran is the victim. In April, the agency told Siegfried Meinstein was he was dead. Mr. Meinstein, who is very much alive, has had a heck of a time trying to convince the IRS hes still among the living, as ABC11 reports: Meinstein called the Social Security Administration, and officials told him they never heard he was dead and still considered him very much alive. So the World War II vet got a letter from Social Security declaring he was still alive and sent it to the IRS. The IRS denied his return again. Meinstein then went to a Virginia IRS office in person in August to prove he was alive, theColumbus Dispatch reports. The IRS agent promised to fix the problem, but nearly every month since, Meinstein has gotten a notice from the IRS saying they still cant process his tax return because hes dead. And, it gets even better: theIRS is still cashing Meinsteins checks because he prepays his taxes and is now sending him new letters asking why he has a credit balance of $14,000 in taxes he prepaid in 2014. Oh, and the letter also wanted to inform him that the IRS had lost his tax return. until a few years later they suddenly decide you are alive again and want it all backdated, last week, or theyll send the boys round to take everything. 