are you filing your return from Uruguay ?
Generally IRS will not use foreign telephone numbers to contact you . Thought Uruguay has country code of three digits (398) are code of 1 digit and seven digit for telephone number -- 11 digits. What are you trying to do ?
no, that did not answer my question and turbo tax still refuses to accept an 11 digit phone number. unless i enter a 10 phone number i cannot proceed to finish and file my taxes.
The IRS requires a US 10 digit phone number. You may have to ask a family member or friend to use their phone number for tax filing purposes.
@gjeffreywilliams137 , while agree with my colleague @RobertB4444 that the best answer is to use an US number,
(a) You have not answered whether you are filing from Uruguay or from the US . If from the USA why are you trying to use an Uruguay number for contact ---- IRS does not call international numbers. Nor will IRS transfer refunds to an international bank account . They will gladly mail you a check , whether to a domestic or a foreign address.
(b) As I get your phone number issue is because, while US software expects 10 digits consisting of three digits for area code and 7 digits for the local/city telephone number , Uruguay like quite a few countries with smaller telephone population use 7 digits for the telephone number, single digit for area code and has country code of three digits -- so in your case you ended up with eleven digits If you just want to keep the software happy , use 10 digits as follows --- 00X ( where X is the area/city code ) and then the full seven digits of the local number .
However , even if you are filing from Uruguay, I would take the advice from @RobertB4444 to heart and use an US number.
I do not believe anybody here can give you a better response than @RobertB4444 .
That is my point of view -- keep it simple.