The 5 digit signature ID on the Consent to Disclosure screen (also called a Self-Select PIN) is how you sign your federal return if you're e-filing. It's the electronic equivalent of manually signing a paper return.
If the field is blank, just enter any 5-digit number. You can re-use your IRS e-filing PIN or make up a totally different number. Same goes for your spouse if you're filing jointly.
And if you see a prefilled 5-digit number in this field, you can either leave it alone or re-enter a number you like better. It really doesn't matter. Your signature ID doesn't have to match your IRS e-filing PIN.
I have my 5 digit signature pin number and can I use this instead of a IP pin. The irs never
@lingardbarbara01 wrote:
I have my 5 digit signature pin number and can I use this instead of a IP pin. The irs never
You didn't finish your details, and cut off your last sentence, so I don't know what you were going to say about the IRS.
No. If you are required to use an IP PIN, the 5-digit Signature PIN (or prior-year Self-Select PIN) cannot be used the same way as an IP PIN. An IP PIN is a 6-digit Identity Protection PIN that is provided by the IRS to certain victims of identity theft. The 6-digit IP PIN is not entered in the FILE section; it is entered in a completely different section of the return interview.
Did you have an IP PIN last year? If so, you need a new one every year. You should have been mailed a letter from the IRS in late December or early January 2020 with your new IP PIN to use this year. If you didn't receive the letter, you may be able to use the IP PIN Retrieval Tool at the IRS website.
https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/retrieve-your-ip-pin
If you can't use the tool, or if you need more info from that department at the IRS, on that page is a special phone number to speak to someone at the IRS about IP PINs. In some circumstances, if they can identify you adequately on the phone, they can mail out a letter with your IP PIN. Read all the info on that page at the link in the paragraph above.
you chose your 5-digit PIN last year, and wrote it down, for use this year.
If and only if you are able to E-FIle with AGI, you can select another 5-digit PIN for next year. Write it down.
You chose this yourself. The 5 digit signature ID on the Consent to Disclosure screen (also called a Self-Select PIN) is how you sign your federal return if you're e-filing. It's the electronic equivalent of manually signing a paper return.
If the field is blank, just enter any 5-digit code that you prefer.
@Aworan wrote:
How can get 5 digit signature ID
You cannot. The IRS no longer uses new 5 digit pins. They only use the last years AGI now, however they will still recognize prior year 5 digit pins if you know what it was.
So, if you made 24085. Is this how they would put it. 024085? Remember it has to be six digits. And someone told me that you put 2019 AGI on 2019 acct. Not last years
@ lingardbarbara01
wrote:So, if you made 24085. Is this how they would put it. 024085? Remember it has to be six digits. And someone told me that you put 2019 AGI on 2019 acct. Not last years
No, that is not correct. You seem to be confusing two different areas of TurboTax. The only PIN on a Federal return that has to be 6 digits is an IP PIN (Identity Protection PIN). An IP PIN has nothing to do with your 2018 AGI. An IP PIN is a 6-digit Identity Protection PIN that is provided by the IRS to certain victims of identity theft. It is a 6-digit number the IRS assigns to you; it has nothing to do with AGI. The 6-digit IP PIN is not entered in the FILE section; it is entered in a completely different section of the return interview. If you are supposed to be using a 6-digit IP PIN, we can tell you where to enter it, but you first have to have the IP PIN if you are required to have one. Without the IP PIN, you won't be able to efile and would have to paper-file the return in postal mail. Filing without the IP PIN will also delay processing of your return, since it will take the IRS longer to verify it.
Did you have an IP PIN last year? If so, you need a new one every year. You should have been mailed a letter from the IRS in late December or early January 2020 with your new IP PIN to use this year. If you didn't receive the letter, you may be able to use the IP PIN Retrieval Tool at the IRS website.
https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/retrieve-your-ip-pin
You wrote: "And someone told me that you put 2019 AGI on 2019 acct. Not last years"
That's wrong. When you later go through the FILE section, if you are efiling the return, it will ask you for your 2018 AGI at that point. And to electronically sign the return, a screen will ask you to enter a 5-digit Self-Select PIN (any 5 numbers of your choosing, or you can re-use last year's 5-digit Self-Select PIN if you wish.)
The 5 digit signature is the 5 digits, (any 5 you choose) you enter as your electronic signature when you efile your tax return.
How to get my AGI signature Pin? Need to get this information to the IRS so I can get the stimulant check
direct deposited
Who is supposed to reply to these messages do you know cuz I need this to be done ASAP I got bills to pay, or as soon as possible.
@Vrines12 wrote:
How to get my AGI signature Pin? Need to get this information to the IRS so I can get the stimulant check
direct deposited
There is none for 2019. If you do not remember the pin from last year then the IRS will only accept the 2018 AGI.
See this TurboTax FAQ on how to find your AGI
https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3301618
You can get free 2018 tax transcript from the IRS
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript
If you filed late last year there is a good chance that the 2018 AGI never was entered into the e-file database. Try using 0 (zero) for the AGI.
If you filed an amended return use the AGI on the first filed tax return.
If it continues to reject then the AGI in the IRS database might be in error. Mail filing is the only option.
If you do not remember the 5 digit self-select pin you created last year, you can choose a new one. Please see What is the difference between the five-digit Self-Select PIN I created last year and my Self-Select PIN this year? for more information.
You can view this Turbo Tax FAQ on verification.