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June 8, 2019
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Overseas, employer did not give official W-2. Can I use my employer's TIN as the EIN?# however is 10 digits long. While EIN is 9 with dash.

  • June 8, 2019
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DoninGA
Employee
June 8, 2019

If you are working outside the US, have a foreign employer and did not receive a W-2 or Form 1099-MISC, then you report the Foreign Earned Income on IRS Form 2555.

To enter Foreign Earned Income -

  • Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business)
  • Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business)
  • Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown)
  • Scroll down to Less Common Income
  • On Foreign Earned Income and Exclusion, click on the start or update button

Or enter foreign income in the Search/Find box located in the upper right of the program screen.  Click on Jump to foreign income