electronic filign without tax id number on 1099 INT

[Naveen Mohan from New York]

I have a client he brought in interest income from private mortgage but he claims seller will not give him payer tax id number.

Is there a way to do electronic filing if 1099 does not have tax ID number?

thanks for your help.

Naveen Mohan

[Pacun]

It is not clear to me if he had interest income or he paid interest on a mortgage.

[Naveen Mohan from New York]

He has interest income

[Pacun]

Finish the return, then just override the entry on Interest. Just place the cursor on line 8a and then press a number and it will ask you if you want to override it.

[joanmcq]

Uncheck the add to payor manager box.

[michaelmars]

don't need ein's to efile. you only need them for atx to add them to the payer manager

[Lion EA]

Different software, but I put interest directly on the summary grid for Schedule B (maybe use detail if items other than just ordinary interest). Fast and easy. Can import a spreadsheet if lots of lines/needed to do any reconciling.

[JohnH]

My first thought was, IRS is going to allow you to report interest income regardless of whether you do or do not have a Fed ID number.