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rmlny1
Level 1
October 26, 2024
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Foreign employer with no EIN

  • October 26, 2024
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Hi: I have a us taxpayer filing a 1040. He is employed overseas by an foreign employer that has no U.S. EIN. Tried inputting 99-999999; no luck. .Efiling through Lacerte is rejected with error message FW2-502.  Workaround?

Must I file with paper return?

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Jim-from-Ohio
Jim-from-OhioIntuit Community Champion
Intuit Community Champion
October 27, 2024

You can't e-file if there is no EIN, but you can file on paper without it.

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Norman2001
Level 6
October 27, 2024

Why aren't you entering information on Form 2555 or the Foreign Earned Income worksheet? No EIN is required.

sjrcpa
sjrcpa
Level 15
April 14, 2025

Maybe client doesn't qualify for foreign earned income exclusion. ForeignUS is frequently an option for the EIN.

The more I know the more I don’t know.
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    TaxGuyBill
    Level 15
    October 27, 2024

    Which software are you using?  You have under the ProSeries section and have it tagged as ProSeries, but then you said e-filing through Lacerte.

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      Fiona11
      Level 2
      April 14, 2025

      Screen 31.2

       

      foreign wages > electronic filing>click non standard W> enter foreign address> click compensation not reported on W2

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        Arlene3
        Level 2
        March 4, 2026

        Bless you.  I have been trying to fix this problem for 2 weeks.  It was a young teen Disneyland subcontractor overseas !!   I spent more fees on fixing this, that taxpayer made. 

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