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You won't be able to pay your TurboTax fees with a credit card that has a foreign address.
There are a few ways around this limitation.
If you have a refund coming, you can use it to pay your TurboTax fees - this is a rather expensive option because of the service charge.
The only other option is to pay for your TurboTax with someone else's U.S. credit card (close relative or close friend), one with a U.S. billing address. The payment process is completely separate from the tax return preparation, so using a card with a different name & address won't be a problem
Why is this happening? It is not a TurboTax limitation. U.S. banks require the card's billing address in order to validate on-line charges, and the databases they use for this purpose do not include foreign addresses (too many possible formats). Also, a great deal of on-line credit card fraud emanates from foreign countries; requiring a valid U.S. billing address reduces the chance that someone overseas is stealing your card number.
I have a US credit card but my mailing address is in France. TT did not accept this address.
Soooo
on the personal info page I used my foreign address (MAILING aka Physical address)
when I went to pay I contacted my credit card company. they have two sorts of addresses on file MAILING / PHYSICAL as well as BILLING.
I called them and changed the BILLING adresse to my cousin's address in the states. I waited several days for the change to become effective. Then on the file page, I used my us card with her address. I DID NOT check the box: use mailing address as billing address.
AMAZING - it went through immediately.
note that since the mailing address is where mail goes to, if not to email, than my cousin will not be bothered.
good luck
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