How to enter a foreign country in the recipient address in Form B 1099-INT, Turbotax flagged it as missing information but won't let me put the foreign country?

I had the same issue with TurboTax not accepting the (3-letter) State code and (4-digit) zip code for Australia in the Additional Payer Information Box of 1099 Forms. It will only accept 2-letter and 5-digit codes. You the get an error and the Warning that you cannot e-file.

I found last year that if you enter the Payer's  TIN, enter the Country, Street address, City, but leave the State and Zip boxes blank, then it is accepted and no problem with filing.

I had the same problem this year, and the above solution worked again.

I will suggest you to enter under "Other Income".  Here are the steps:

 

In TurboTax online program:

• Sign into your account, select Pick up where you left off
• To the right upper corner, in the search box, type in "other reportable income" and Enter
• Select Jump to other reportable income
• Next screen, Other Wages Received, select No to continue
• Next screen, scroll down all the way to the bottom, under Other reportable income, select Start
• Next screen, Any Other Taxable Income? select Yes to continue

 

Although it will not be reported on line 2 of you Form 1040 as a taxable interest, as long as it is shown under Other Income on line 8, IRS will accept it.

Awesome !!! this worked for me as well. Thank you so much !!!

Your advice worked!!  Thank you so much for sharing.  Gregor Mexico City

It's 2025 and I'm now having this issue - NSW 2000.  Can turbo tax please fix this?

It depends Instead of entering the information on the form, enter in this manner instead.

 

1. Log in to TurboTax: Open your TurboTax account and start your tax return.
2. Go to Income
3. Click on "Federal Taxes
4. Wages & Income.
5. Interest and Dividends
6. Interest on 1099 INT
7. As you enter information on your 1099 INT, there will be a box that says, My Form has Info in other boxes. Check that box.
8. There will be a drop down menu from there and you will record foreign taxes in Box 6.
9. Then two screens past, there will be a section to enter the foreign interest that was paid and the country where it was paid.  I never heard of NSW 2000 but I think it is an Australian form.  If this is the case, the country is Australia but could be another country.  If so, pick the country in the drop down.  Here is what the screen looks like.