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Nealzilla
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How do I enter my Federal Identity Protection PIN on my 1040

MY VERSION DID NOT HAVE A JUMP TO IP.  I TRIED IT AT LEAST 20 TIMES

How do I enter my Federal Identity Protection PIN on my 1040

I've been posting that on all your posts.   The answers all say to go to

Federal (Personal in Home & Business)

 

Then to get the Jump to IP pin to show up......

There are 2 ways to search depending whether you are signed in or not. The IP pin search doesn't work if you are signed in. So first go to File and scroll down to Signed In as....... and click on it and sign out.


Then go up to Search, it will give you a box to sign in. Don't sign in, click the X to get rid of the box. Then you get the Search window where you can enter IP pin at the top.

 

How do I enter my Federal Identity Protection PIN on my 1040

Umm...yeah have read that sentence.  Does not indicate where.

How do I enter my Federal Identity Protection PIN on my 1040

Any other ideas on how to describe this?  
Just not seeing where to enter using the directions for "Other Situations" - Using Home & Business version desktop.

Thanks

 

How do I enter my Federal Identity Protection PIN on my 1040

Chat GPT described the steps.  thanks.

How do I enter my Federal Identity Protection PIN on my 1040

Got it now - Chat GPT described it all. Thanks. Sorry - do not know how to delete this.

Babygal48
New Member

How do I enter my Federal Identity Protection PIN on my 1040

My IPPin is 6 digits, but the TurboTax 1040 form only allows 5 digits.Will my return be accepted?

 

Babygal48
New Member

How do I enter my Federal Identity Protection PIN on my 1040

When i entered my 5-digit PIN that I used on my 2023 Tax Return, it was rejected on the 2024 Tax Return.  But, the TurboTax 1040 only allows me to enter a 5-digit PIN, and the  IRS  PIN is 6 digits. When I entered the first 5 digits of the 6-digit PIN, my return was rejected. So, how do I enter the 6 digit IRS PIN?

How do I enter my Federal Identity Protection PIN on my 1040


@ Babygal48 wrote:

When i entered my 5-digit PIN that I used on my 2023 Tax Return, it was rejected on the 2024 Tax Return.  But, the TurboTax 1040 only allows me to enter a 5-digit PIN, and the  IRS  PIN is 6 digits. When I entered the first 5 digits of the 6-digit PIN, my return was rejected. So, how do I enter the 6 digit IRS PIN?


You tried to enter it in the wrong place.  The 6-digit IP PIN is entered in a completely different section of TurboTax.    Here's the navigation:

 

If using Online TurboTax, go to the left column menu.

Federal tab (or the PERSONAL tab in Home and Business desktop)

Then select subtab Other Tax Situations

Then on next screen scroll down to Other Return Info

Expand that topic and choose Identity Protection PIN.

 

When efiling you will still need to enter a different kind of PIN in the FILE process--a 5-digit PIN on the Signature page to "sign" your return. It's on a signature screen with today's date and your birth date. Like it says there, those 5 digits can be any 5 digits of your choosing (except can't be all zeros.)

How do I enter my Federal Identity Protection PIN on my 1040

Thanks for clarifying that the "Federal tab" is non-existent when using the "Home & Business" desktop version of TTax.  I read nearly a dozen "answers", asked that not-ready-for-prime-time 'virtual help', wasting WAY too much time.  But your clarity brought it all together.  Too bad the software didn't ask for the IP PIN before one files.  I've been using TTax back when it was only known as "Mac 'n Tax", so I KNOW that I didn't see it.  But thanks to someone like you that can actually SPELL IT OUT to we blurry-eyed, tired, tax filers, it is much appreciated.

How do I enter my Federal Identity Protection PIN on my 1040


@Whobub wrote:

Thanks for clarifying that the "Federal tab" is non-existent when using the "Home & Business" desktop version of TTax.  I read nearly a dozen "answers", asked that not-ready-for-prime-time 'virtual help', wasting WAY too much time.  But your clarity brought it all together.  Too bad the software didn't ask for the IP PIN before one files.  I've been using TTax back when it was only known as "Mac 'n Tax", so I KNOW that I didn't see it.  But thanks to someone like you that can actually SPELL IT OUT to we blurry-eyed, tired, tax filers, it is much appreciated.


You're welcome.  I'm glad it was helpful.    Home and Business is unique from all other TurboTax products.  It divides all the Federal stuff into PERSONAL and BUSINESS.   In the other desktop editions and Online TurboTax only the Federal Taxes tab is used to ultimately get to all the Federal topics.   Good luck.

How do I enter my Federal Identity Protection PIN on my 1040

Please elaborate on where exactly the tabs are. I am on the Federal Return and don't see anyting called Other Situations.

How do I enter my Federal Identity Protection PIN on my 1040


@scottfox99 wrote:

Please elaborate on where exactly the tabs are. I am on the Federal Return and don't see anyting called Other Situations.


You didn't state what you are ultimately trying to achieve, so I'll assume you are needing to enter a 6-digit IP PIN (Identity Protection PIN).

 

"Other Tax Situations" is not on a main tab.  It is on a subtab (secondary tab.)   When you click on a main tab you should see subtabs underneath it.    "Other Tax Situations" is found under the main Federal tab, except for the desktop edition Home and Business.  In Home and Business it is under the Personal tab (Home and Business does not have a Federal tab.)

 

In the desktop software the main tabs are arranged horizontally across the top of the screen.  In Online TurboTax, the tabs are arranged vertically in the left menu column and expand to show the subtabs.

 

 If you tell us exactly what product you are using, we can make you a screenshot.    So please state if you are using Online TurboTax (web browser version) or the installed desktop software.    And if desktop software, what edition--Deluxe, Premier, or Home and Business?

 

Also, if you are using Online TurboTax, are you able to go back to your return interview OK, or does TurboTax think you were finished?    If Online TurboTax thinks you were finished, the interview may be closed, and you won't have a full left-column menu, but we can tell you how to open it back up.

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