Changing Your Name If you got married or divorced last year and filed with the Social Security Administration (SSA) for name and address change but your Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, still has your previous name, you can still send the Form W-2 with your return. All you have to do is cross out your previous name and write in your new name. If you got married or divorced last year and have not changed the name on your Social Security card to your new name but your Form W-2 is in your new name, you should contact the SSA and have your records changed. After you have contacted the SSA, wait ten days and then file your tax return. It is important that the name the SSA has for your Social Security number agrees with the name on your tax return. If you try to file your tax return electronically, the tax return will be rejected if the name in the SSA's records differs from the name on your tax return. When your return is rejected, it means the return has not been filed. You should change your records at the SSA and allow two weeks before resubmitting your return electronically.