I am a US citizen, living overseas, have been for many years. First time attempting to file with Turbo Tax. How can I enter my foreign phone number under 'My Info'?

[DavidS127]

In the My Info section, there are two places to indicate that you reside overseas.  First, in your Personal Info Summary, when TurboTax asks Tell us the state(s) you lived in, you select Foreign or U.S. Possession.  Then, under Mailing Address, in the dropdown for Type of mailing address, select Foreign country.  Enter your phone number in the box provided at the bottom of that screen.

[redtitanx]

Apologies, I originally replied directly to the email which contained your notes.  Inside this Community, it appears that response didn't get here.  Quoted:

The section you describe is the very page I am having this trouble with: My Info - Personal Details - Mailing Address. The screen shows the selections and correct data info for my UK street address and post code, and also shows the prompt 'Needs info' for the Phone #, but the field in question is formatting whatever I enter into the US-based sequence, and then refuses to accept what's entered. In the UK, all internal numbers begin with a leading 0, plus the rest of the number. In my case, this is in the format of 01529-nnnnnn. The original leading 0 is dropped when calling INTO the UK, but is req'd when calling INSIDE the UK. If calling into my # from outside the UK, from the US in this case, you'd dial [social security number removed]-nnnnnn (international access out from the US - country code - city code - number). If I try to enter even just the 1529-nnnnnn part of my number, the US-based formatting displays it as (152) 9nn-nnnn, and then goes red, I'm guessing, because the area code of 152 is undefined in the US (US area codes begin at 200, according to a web search).

Any ideas?

[ThomasM125]

Your phone number is not critical information with respect to your tax return, have you tried leaving it off?