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If after a reasonable amount of time, you still have not received your 6 digit verification code by email and you have checked your spam folder, please see below alternate methods:

  1. To get your verification code sent as a text, you have to select that option in your account settings. You will need to gain access to the account and then:
    1.) Click My Account
    2.) Account Settings
    3.) Under the Security tab, select Two Step Verification and enter your mobile information and password. 
    To get access to make your changes, you can have the code sent to your email address or select the Confirm your account in another way option.
  2. If none of the above works, then please select "I forgot my password" and then select "I don't know my username." The system will then ask for your name, address and SSN, and it will attempt to verify your identity by asking questions from your credit report that only you are likely to know.

Additional information regarding entering the 6 digit verification code to prevent getting the expired or incorrect code message:

  1. Make sure to leave the window open that asks you for the code. It appears as though if you close this window and go back after you receive the code, the code will no longer be valid. If you need your browser to get your e-mail, open a new separate window, don't close the TurboTax window. To open a new tab you can press Ctrl+T on your keyboard. That way the window with the box to enter the code stays open but you can also access your email inbox in the new one and switch back in forth
  2. Make sure you are using the most recent code and not using a prior one. So if you make another attempt to enter the code make sure you use the most recent one sent to you. Every time that you ask for a code it cancels out all the previous ones that were sent and only takes the most recent. 

60 replies

Level 2
June 7, 2019
send my my 6-code to my phone
Level 2
June 7, 2019
send me my 6-code to my phone
Level 2
June 7, 2019
can you send my code to my phone
Level 4
June 7, 2019

If after a reasonable amount of time, you still have not received your 6 digit verification code by email and you have checked your spam folder, please see below alternate methods:

  1. To get your verification code sent as a text, you have to select that option in your account settings. You will need to gain access to the account and then:
    1.) Click My Account
    2.) Account Settings
    3.) Under the Security tab, select Two Step Verification and enter your mobile information and password. 
    To get access to make your changes, you can have the code sent to your email address or select the Confirm your account in another way option.
  2. If none of the above works, then please select "I forgot my password" and then select "I don't know my username." The system will then ask for your name, address and SSN, and it will attempt to verify your identity by asking questions from your credit report that only you are likely to know.

Additional information regarding entering the 6 digit verification code to prevent getting the expired or incorrect code message:

  1. Make sure to leave the window open that asks you for the code. It appears as though if you close this window and go back after you receive the code, the code will no longer be valid. If you need your browser to get your e-mail, open a new separate window, don't close the TurboTax window. To open a new tab you can press Ctrl+T on your keyboard. That way the window with the box to enter the code stays open but you can also access your email inbox in the new one and switch back in forth
  2. Make sure you are using the most recent code and not using a prior one. So if you make another attempt to enter the code make sure you use the most recent one sent to you. Every time that you ask for a code it cancels out all the previous ones that were sent and only takes the most recent. 
Level 2
June 7, 2019
That is NOT how your 6-digit authentication works! Switching to "code sent to text" does not let you avoid having your 6-digit verification code sent via email AFTER you've already logged in and trying  to File. This is a ridiculous flaw in TurboTax verification process - by the time the code arrives 15-20 minutes later (which is 20 minutes of my life wasted), TurboTax logs you off the session, and if you were to go back, the code that you've waited 20 minutes to get has already expired!
Level 2
June 20, 2019
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Level 2
June 23, 2019
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Level 2
September 29, 2019

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Level 15
September 29, 2019

@Lucasdaviona  Why are you trying to enter the code in the user forum?   We cannot get your return filed for you.  You have to enter the code in to the tax return screen that is asking for it. 

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Level 2
February 4, 2020

I want to get my 6 digital code in a text 

ReginaM
Level 12
February 5, 2020

You can not get your 6 digit code sent to your phone.  The IRS requires for TurboTax to verify your email address before you can electronically file your return.  

 

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ReginaM
Level 12
February 5, 2020

You can not get your 6 digit code sent to your phone.  The IRS requires for TurboTax to verify your email address before you can electronically file your return.  

 

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Level 2
February 23, 2020

If I dont receive the 6 digit code within  the next 24 hours, please immediately close my account and refund the $80 fee to me.  

This is unacceptable!

DoninGA
Level 15
Level 15
February 23, 2020

@debarnes17 wrote:

If I dont receive the 6 digit code within  the next 24 hours, please immediately close my account and refund the $80 fee to me.  

This is unacceptable!


See this TurboTax support FAQ for the verification code - https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/security/help/what-if-i-m-having-trouble-with-my-filing-verificati...

Level 2
March 28, 2020

yes send 6 digit code to my phone 

AkinaLO
Level 15
March 30, 2020
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