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March 3, 2021
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Turbo tax will not let me file free. It claims because I have a foreign account. I Do not have any account but one at my local bank.

  • March 3, 2021
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DaveF1006
March 4, 2021

It sounds like you have a 1099-DIV or 1099-INT issued by your bank that has foreign tax paid reported in it. Check Box 6 if a 1099-INT or Box 7 of a 1099-DIV and see if there are amounts recorded in those forms.  If so, remove the entries so you can continue to file free.

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