MY 1099-R from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service has a "Payer's Federal Identification number" of "34-Q727612". Turbo Tax insists no alpha characters may be used

[trbolary]

This is probably the EIN used for all military retirement pay 1099-R forms.

[jessewm · Accepted solution]

I have a 1099-R from the same agency; the Q is a misprint, it should be a 0.

[cmchiker]

So typical of the government.  I have a 2020 1099-R from one of my clients and the EIN is wrong again this year.  Looks like they corrected the problem last year but this year they left off the 2 on the end.  Yes, the number printed this year is 34-072761 (only 8 digits).  I'm assuming the correct number is 34-0727612??

[cmchiker]

Ok, they have corrected it already....client gave me a Corrected 1099R with the correct number 34-0727612.

[AukuBird]

Another misprint is out there where they drop the 2 at the end. Turbotax will add a 0 for you since there are not enough characters and your ein will be wrong and get rejected. Hope this helps someone else, took a bit to figure it out. Semper Fortis!

[kennethhettich]

I figured it out by random chance. Thanks your response was correct. Ken

[richsail12]

i'm having the same issues... Turbotax requires a W2.... the navy / VA only hands out 1099s... so i plug in the info off that and it works fine.  THIS year the EIN/payers identification number..  i've been using won't work or be accepted after i file.

really irritating.

[FangxiaL]

Change the Q to 0 to see if it works.

@richsail12