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Foreign employer with no EIN

rmlny1
Level 1

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
Level 11

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

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Norman2001
Level 7

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

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TaxGuyBill
Level 15

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.