@ggutierrez3511 wrote:
Turbo Tax requires a 5-digit number, one I can make up. IRS gives a 6-digit number. So my self created 5-digit number keeps being rejected by the IRS. What gives? I don't think I'll use Turbo Tax anymore. Instead I' go back the old school paper and pencil form.
The 5 digit e-file pin and the 2019 AGI is used to verify you with the IRS for an e-signature on your 2020 tax return.
If you were a victim of identity theft and reported that to the IRS, the IRS will have sent you a 6 digit IP PIN to be entered on your tax return. If you print and mail the tax return you have to manually entered the 6 digit IP on the tax return in the Signature block area on page 2 of the Form 1040. The 5 digit self-selected PIN is not used on a mailed tax return.
If you e-file the tax return then you need to enter the 6 digit IP PIN you received from the IRS before filing the tax return.
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
