I have a 1099_Misc with a missing Fed Tax ID #. My Client does not have a Fed Tax ID # number. TT keeps flagging this for correction. How do I address this?

[bbroehm]

MY client is in a foreign country and will not get a Fed Tax ID number.  Everything else on the 1099-Misc is correct.  How do I file my taxes without this data?

[MichaelMc · Accepted solution]

Your client is in a foreign country and will not obtain a federal EIN, but issued you a Form 1099-MISC? They certainly could not have filed Copy A with the IRS without an EIN.

My best advice, in order to get your tax return filed with accurate income and in a timely fashion, would be to disregard the Form 1099-MISC, delete any entry that you have already made in TurboTax for that form, and enter the income into your tax return as General Income (the same way you would enter a cash sale). Keep the 1099-MISC with your records for the tax year, should a need to document the income ever arise. 

[BSimon4370]

Thank you....