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Why won't TT let efile? 1 W2 never received, 4852 filled but keeps asking for employer id num for missing W2

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September 19, 2019
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You cannot e-file without the employers EIN - the IRS does not allow it.

If you cannot obtain the EIN AND the IRS has instructed you to file a 4852 the without the EIN you can only print and main the return and write "Unknown" in place of the EIN.

You are not supposed to file a 4852 unless you have contacted the IRS and the IRS is not successful in obtaining the W-2 from the employer.

See:

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-can-help-taxpayers-get-form-w-2-0

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