Foreign interest income without a FEIN

[jsidhu10]

How do i enter foreign interest income without FEIN because foreign banks do not issue form 1099-INT 

[DaveF1006]

You can try entering 99-0999999. This has been successful this year. If this doesn't work, then enter this in the following manner.

1. Log into your account
2. Select Wages and income
3. Less Common income
4. Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099>start
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page to Other Reportable Income
6. Other taxable income, answer yes
7. Then give a brief description of the income and the amount listed.. list this as Foreign Interest and then the amount of the interest.