Smart Check: Form 5329-S "Foreign country code should have a value"

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February 28, 2022
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TurboTax won't let me file my taxes, because during the Smart Check I keep getting the following errors:

- Form 5329-S "Foreign country code should have a value. Select the applicable foreign country code from the list provided."

- Form 5329-T "Foreign country code should have a value. Select the applicable foreign country code from the list provided."

- Form 8606-S "Foreign country code should have a value. Select the applicable foreign country code from the list provided."

- Form 8606-T "Foreign country code should have a value. Select the applicable foreign country code from the list provided."

I did not live or work outside the United States, so I have no idea why TurboTax keeps asking me for a foreign country code. I'm not sure which part of the TurboTax entries these errors are referring to either. Help!

- Federal Information Sheet "Foreign country code should have a value. Select the applicable foreign country code from the list provided."

RobertB4444

Level 15

One of the 1099-Rs that you entered has a box checked that says that it is foreign income. You need to find that 1099-R and delete it and re-enter it. If you can't figure out which 1099-R has the error in it then delete them all and re-enter them all.

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MikeC2022

Level 2

I am running into the same problems. TT won't let me file until I enter the foreign address (which I don't have). I tried to delete and re-enter my 1099-R information, but it's no help. Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

bmyers87Author

Level 2

I eventually solved it by choosing a different state (Indiana), and then choosing my state (Minnesota). Once I did that, then for whatever reason TurboTax stopped listing my country as Italy and instead listed it correctly as Minnesota, USA. I was then able to file without any issues.