I cannot get by "How is your payer's federal ID number formatted" on the 1099-NEC I am trying to include. The NEC has the payer's TIN which is her SSN, not an EIN.

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April 7, 2025
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SSN or EIN for 1099 NEC?

RobertB4444

That means it is formatted XXX-XX-XXXX.

@egus-andersen11

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mesquitebean

Employee

Here's a tip that might help, especially if you later get an Error Check notice.

Choose the format "type" as @ RobertB4444 mentioned above, but when entering the actual numbers, enter them contiguously without any hyphens or spaces. TurboTax will take the 9 contiguous digits and should know how to format them as EIN or SSN based on the format "type" you indicate.

egus-andersen11Author

Thank you Robert and MesquiteBean. Neither of those seemed to work, but a friend who has used TurboTax previously was able to assist.

mesquitebean

Employee

@egus-andersen11 wrote:
Thank you Robert and MesquiteBean. Neither of those seemed to work, but a friend who has used TurboTax previously was able to assist.

Congrats! Another user in a different thread reported his workaround when a $0 figure in withholding was the culprit. @BigArts wrote the following:

"Finally figured out this headache. Leave box 4 "federal income tax withheld" BLANK, dont put in $0.

Any input into this box triggers a requirement for an EIN and won't allow a SSN."