Receiving Federal Tax Refund as a Check to a Foreign Address

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I am currently filling my 2020 taxes. I reside outside the US and I do not have a US bank account. With Turbotax, I am stuck at the "File" part because I cannnot provide a US address. I am eligibile for free e-filing. As far as I know, I can decide to receive my federal refund via mail. How can I do that?

linaj20201

Alumni - Intuit

The IRS allows you to have a foreign address on your tax return. They usually contacts you through correspondence by mail. To see how to enter the foreign address in the program, click here: Foreign address

However, you cannot e-file as IRS regulations require a U.S. bank account to receive your tax refund, and you'll need a U.S. bank account (or credit/debit card with a U.S. billing address) if paying additional federal taxes owed.

To file by mail, here are the step:

In the TurboTax program,

From the top, under "File", follow prompt
On screen, " E-file Your Federal Return for FREE" / "How do you want to file?" Select File by mail.

tax66Author

Level 2

I do not owe any taxes. Do I still need a US account?

And I am using the Intuit Turbotax service online, how do I select for "file by mail" I am stuck in the first step of three steps of the steps shown. It wants me to enter a US address which I do not have. How can I overcome this?

DoninGA

Level 15

@tax66 wrote:

I do not owe any taxes. Do I still need a US account?

And I am using the Intuit Turbotax service online, how do I select for "file by mail" I am stuck in the first step of three steps of the steps shown. It wants me to enter a US address which I do not have. How can I overcome this?

To pay the TurboTax account fees you must have a US credit card with a US billing address. Is this where you are stuck?