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posted Jan 29, 2020 9:54:37 AM

I was almost finished when it asked me to review the postal code for my company. However it won’t let me input the numbers and letters necessary to fill it in. So I found out to file it as an int

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Jan 29, 2020 10:45:24 AM

Your question was cut off, so I am going to assume you needed instrauctions for how to enter an international address on your W-2.

 

In that case, do the following:

  • Open your tax return in TurboTax
  • Make sure you have a printed copy of your W-2 (or the information on it, anyway)
  • Search (upper right) for W-2 and click on the jump-to link
  • You should be looking at the table of all your W-2(s)(maybe only one entry)
  • Click on the trashcan icon or delete button to delete the old W-2
  • Click on Add a W-2
  • Skip the screen that asks for the EIN
  • When TurboTax asks on the next screen do you really want to skip the import, answer that you will type it in yourself
  • On the next screen, be sure to first indicate the address type as Other (desktop product) or Foreign Address (online) before you type anything else.
  • Then enter all the other information from your W-2 (including the EIN)

If you are not referring to a W-2, see if the form you are working on has a similar arrangement (indicate address type first). In the case of Personal Info, I believe that you should choose Foreign or US Possession as your state where you lived.