Is there a way around the error that Payer's Federal EIN is invalid for e-filing if I know the EIN is correct and has worked in past? There are no extra spaces/characters

[sambienn]

I have reconfirmed multiple times that the EIN on my 1099-NEC is correct and have used it in prior years on 1099-MISC.  But TurboTax is saying it is invalid for electronic filing. I have deleted and re-entered the 1099 completely and re-entered the EIN multiple times.  There are no errors in it.  What can I do to make it work with e-filing?

[SamS1]

Sounds like a mismatch of the EIN number and the business name control.   The name control is normally the 1st four letters of a business' name.  If you have the letter you received from the IRS when your EIN was assigned or any recent correspondence from the IRS, the business name on the 1099-NEC should be the same.  Did you change the business name?  Do you need to add a DBA for a new business name?  Just sounds like there is a mismatch between your EIN and the name control the IRS has for the business.

[sambienn]

Thanks but I am not the payer so it’s not my EIN. That said, I have confirmed the information is correct and it appears to be a glitch between TurboTax and IRS.

[joachimz]

I have this problem today, 4/11/21 - is this still not fixed?

[sambienn]

Unfortunately still not fixed. Requires you to mail in all returns or go to another service/accountant without this glitch.

[OTernian]

I went round with this for an hour: trying, submitting, calling the bank, calling intuit, checking and validating.  I knew the number was correct.  Then it occurred to me that the number being imported into the form is from a different character set (web dev thing) and character sets can look the same but aren't the same so validity checks break.  So I selected and copied the number (same number) from the top - web page - box and pasted it into the form box below.  It worked!

Hope that helps someone