Reporting Foreign Interest Earned in TurboTax

[annafessenden]

Hi there - I need to report interest earned in a foreign bank account, and as it is a foreign account I do not receive a Form 1099-INT and as a foreign bank, does not have a Federal Identification Number (FEIN). TurboTax will not let me finalize my return without inputing a FEIN, and does not accept entry of all zeros.  How should this income be reported? 

[DaveF1006]

If you are having this issue, do the following.

1. Log into your account
2. Select Wages and income
3. Less Common income
4. Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099>start
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page to Other Reportable Income
6. Other taxable income, answer yes
7. Then give a brief description of the income and the amount listed..
8.  Describer this as foreign interest and then the amount of the interest payment.