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Social Security Benefits are reported on Form SSA-1099 and don't require a payer ID or Employer Identification Number. You may be in the wrong section of TurboTax.
Any SSA-1099 form, regardless of the suffix, gets entered the same way:
TurboTax will automatically calculate what portion, if any, of your Social Security benefits are taxable.
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You are asking for a social security payers ID, and there is none this is preventing me from completing my efiling of my federal taxes
@fatsyjr83 You are trying to enter your Social Security SSA1099 in the wrong place. There is not a payer ID to enter for your SSA1099 when you enter it in the correct spot.
Go to Federal> Wages & Income>>Retirement Plans and Social Security (SSA1099 and 1099RRB) to enter your SSA1099.
What do I do in order to Efile?
If you are having an issue entering your Social Security benefits because there is not a payer ID, then you are not entering the information in the right place. Once everything is entered in the correct section, there should be no problem with e-filing your return.
Use the following steps to enter your Social Security benefits:
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