Where do you add your IP PIN?

[Skarabrae]

You add the PIN under the Federal Tax Tab/ Other Tax Situations.  Please follow the instructions below. 

To Add:

1. Open your return.
2. Select (click on) the “Federal Tax Tab.”
3. Select (click on) “Other Tax Situations.”
4. Scroll down until you see “Other Return Info.”
5. Select Identity protection PIN by selecting (click on) “Start.”
6. Select “Yes” and the individual names on your return will drop down.
7. Then enter the IP PIN number that corresponds to the individual listed.
8. Review the IP PIN again, if it’s correct, select (click on) continue.
9. Select (click on) “Done with other,” you have now entered your IP PIN.
10. Save your return.

[Eric6969]

Trying to file my taxes.  Can't enter my IP PIN from the IRS. Tried everything I read on the internet.  This is crazy.

[DoninGA]

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@Eric6969 wrote:

Trying to file my taxes.  Can't enter my IP PIN from the IRS. Tried everything I read on the internet.  This is crazy.

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To enter a 6 digit IP PIN

• Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business)
• Click on Other Tax Situations
• Scroll down to Other Return Info
• On Identity Protection PIN, click the start button

Or enter ip pin in the Search box located in the upper right of the program screen. Click on Jump to ip pin

[pjv1941]

This may work for the online version, but it does not work on home and business cd-rom version.

[JotikaT2]

Log back into your TurboTax program.

1. Select the Personal tab.
2. Select Other Tax Situations
3. Scroll down to the section titled Other Return Info
4. Select start/edit to the right of Identity Protection PIN
5. Proceed to follow the steps to enter your information from the IRS.

@pjv1941

[Pazzoduc]

The search answer is totally wrong. Get it together Intuit!

The actual answer: Intuit uses "Info Works" forms that transfer the data to the actual IRS forms.

Go to forms view.

Scroll to the top of the list of your forms to the 1040 forms.

You will see 1040wks

Below that you may see schedule 1, 2, 3 etc.

Then just below that you will see "Info Wks"

Open the 1040 Info Wks form.

Scroll down to Part VII

Just below the Part VII heading you will see "Identity Protection Pin"

If you or your spouse have received an IP Pin. Enter it here.

The data entry will be transferred to you return for efiling.

In my case I had not received an IP PIN from the IRS but my return was still rejected. So I set up an IRS identity account and got an IP PIN. That corrected the efile problem.

[KathrynG3]

To enter your IP PIN, follow these steps:

• From inside TurboTax, do a search for IP PIN.
• Click the Jump to link in the search results.

For more details, see: How do I add or remove my 6-digit IP PIN?

[nikesyrena]

Go on the search bar and type IP PIN.  It will give you a link to the field where the number goes with an arrow icon.  

[kdlane71]

I agree, TurboTax should include the IP PIN in the interview questions. My return was also rejected because TurboTax never asked for the IP PIN.

I had to hunt down which form one would enter the IP PIN on and manually locate the form in TurboTax. Despite my eFile being rejected twice, TurboTax did not show a "Fix my return" option anywhere - not in the menus, homescreen, Check Status, eFile, etc. Super frustrating.

[JotikaT2]

You can also enter it by going into the federal section of the program.

1. Select Your uncommon tax situations
2. Select Other Return Info
3. Select Identity Protection PIN
4. Proceed to follow the steps to enter your information from the IRS

[Flightless]

I'm using 2020 TurboTax Home & Business CD, and this answer worked for me. Thank you so much! Very confusing to see answers that don't match what the software displays on my screen. 

[wetmore55]

Perfect.  Thank you.  If you need a job, hopefully Intuit is hiring.  They need help...

[wetmore55]

The solution is different for the online and desktop versions -- because there is no search function for the desktop version.  Instead, you need to dig into the 'other tax situations' to find the IP PIN section.

[DoninGA]

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@wetmore55 wrote:

The solution is different for the online and desktop versions -- because there is no search function for the desktop version.  Instead, you need to dig into the 'other tax situations' to find the IP PIN section.

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Not sure about TurboTax for a Mac but the TurboTax for Windows has a Search function located in the upper right of the desktop program screen.

[nikesyrena]

I am not familiar with a "desktop" version that does not have a search function.  Turbo Tax Deluxe and Turbo Tax Premier both have search functions.