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I got a 1099-NEC which only contains Payer's SSN (and not the EIN). Now while i am trying to e-file my tax return, Turbo Tax won't let me proceed, what should i do?

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April 3, 2025
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Go back to the 1099-NEC entry and where it asks about payer EIN or SSN select that it is a SSN.

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hussainanwaar1996Author

So, that's exactly how i did, and everything worked perfect - now when i went through review (all good there too), and i tried to E-File, that's where TurboTax tells me that it needs an EIN (and not SSN) to E-file with 1099-NEC.

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Darrenfogg

I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!

I put $0 in the Federal Withholding!!

It should be left BLANK

If there is even a $0 in the Federal Withholding, it will REQUIRE an EIN!! No SSN allowed!

So putting a $0 figure will trigger that requirement! Even though we know $0 means- none is withheld!

Please mark this for others, I think that will fix it!!

Thank you again!

This fixed the issue for me and I really appreciate you updating this with the fix. THANK YOU!!

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ElizabethAP

I am having the same issue.

I have tried deleting and recreating the 1099-NEC, making sure EIN was never selected.

This seems to be a glitch. I even tried writing in the SSN into the EIN, it took, but then asked me to input the SSN... which was already input. So I couldn't continue regardless.

Please help!