No payer's EIN or address is required to enter interest income from the IRS on Form 1099-INT. Make sure you enter interest income from Form 1099-INT, not any other tax form such as 1099-B.
Follow these steps to enter interest income:
With your federal tax return open:
Click Show more next to Investments and Savings under Income & Expenses section
Click Start or Revisit next to Interest on 1099-INT
On the next screen, either click on Review under existing Interest (1099-INT), OR Add investments
On the screen that says OK, let's start with one investment type, select the first one 1099-INT, and Continue
Choose Type it in myself, and enter IRS in Received from box, enter amount in Box 1
Continue.
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