nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

What to do when the system does not recognize Payer's TIN on a 1099-NEC

PeterSetin#1

I am entering my 1099-NEC into the system, and I am getting an error that says: "You've entered an invalid EIN 19xxxxxxx for the Payer Identification Number." I am definitely entering the number that is on the 1099-NEC that was provided to me, so I don't understand what I am supposed to do.

Find more posts tagged with

Accepted answers

JMSSGV

Unless you have Federal income tax withheld, you don't really have to include the 1099-NEC as long as you include the income as part of Gross Receipts on Schedule C.

All comments

amebrwe_rth

I am also having this issue, please let me know if you end up resolving it

PeterSetin#1

https://community.freetaxusa.com/discussion/comment/4971#Comment_4971

I will!

MikeyA

Same here! We need an answer!!

PeterSetin#1

They were unwilling to help. They suggested I call the IRS. It’s faulty software

sarahlow

This happened to me, and finally I deleted the whole thing (which had been auto-filled by the system based on last year's info) and created a new entry with the exact same info, but this time it worked.

JMSSGV

Unless you have Federal income tax withheld, you don't really have to include the 1099-NEC as long as you include the income as part of Gross Receipts on Schedule C.

KeriC

@PeterStein1 Were you able to resolve this? If so, can you let us know what you did? Thanks!

PeterSetin#1

https://community.freetaxusa.com/discussion/comment/5654#Comment_5654

I was not able to resolve it. I was advised to use another tax prep software….

KeriC

@PeterStein1
Did the payer indicate if the EIN was a SSN or an EIN for a business? You provided the number, beginning with 19, in your original post. According to this IRS website, there aren't any business EINs that begin with 19. Do you know if you had selected that the payer ID was an SSN? If you had not, this may be the cause of the alert you received.

PeterSetin#1

https://community.freetaxusa.com/discussion/comment/5673#Comment_5673

It is an EIN for a business, not an SSN. I confirmed with the payer multiple times that it is an EIN and not an SSN. I also used this same EIN when filing on TurboTax last year and had no issues.

CaileyDoingTaxes

THIS WORKED:
I deselected and reselected the EIN/SSN option, thus erasing the SSN that was autofilled. I typed it in again and it worked!