foreign 1099-div issue tax payer ID
Regarding 1099-div which reports foreign tax paid, the tax id number has always been 00-0000000. This is how it has been reported every year. This is printed on the 1099. This year turbo tax is indicating that I must enter a valid tax payer id number. How do I report this 1099-div without this information since the company is based in Japan without a tax payer id number. They do have a subsidiary in the US but they did not issue the 1099, Japanese parent company did hence the foreign tax paid on dividends.