durham_lad

That is a great reason for simply reporting it as Other Income!!

ohiocalling

What a pain! Using H&R Block can't file as e file won't accept 99-1234567 as ID on 1099 R for UK Governemt and other pensions says not recognised, as suggested here.

lansbury

Sounds a similar problem to Turbo Tax. Which is why TT suggest using Other Income. Line 2z on Schedule 1, which then goes on line 8 on the 1040. Did that, e-filed and had the 2023 refund in my bank 4 days later.

Giantaxe

+1. That’s the route I go because that’s the only way I can e-file my California state return.

ohiocalling

Thanks, how is done in H&R .?

Glasgow Girl

Turbo Tax accepts 99-1234567 on my return!

ohiocalling

Now I am confused. I have three with 99-1234567.

The other us Principal Insurance with payer,
42 -0127290. ANY THOUGHTS PLEASE?

ohiocalling

HR Block accepted it bus was thrown out by e file as irs dud not recognise the ID number for the institutions.

AlanD

Im now just over 2 years into living in the US and recently upgrade from a piece of sh*t 05' Honda to nice shinny new car, which required me going from what we know as 3rd party to fully comp. They wanted $1600 for 6 months on a 17' GLE. I called them yup to have a chat about the price and turns out Progressive will honour my UK driving experience so rather than being a "new" driver in their eyes (my US license is only 2 years old) I was now a "regular" driver with 20 years experience. I also adjusted my annual milage slightly (not much a 2,000 less) and along with uninsured coverage which I added (as I didnt have it before) it went down to $1000. Thats $1200 a year off with adding my UK dirving experience (that doesnt include no claims discount, as was mentioned at the start, I cant see any US company honouring this).

Give them a call and explain you have UK driving history, see what they say, whats the worst than can happen.

Good luck and welcome.

MidAtlantic

Another reason for putting it under Other Income. Overall I find downloaded H&R Block software much easier to use that TurboTax.

lansbury

But if you ask the IRS helpline, they will tell you not to use fake numbers. However either way works, and the IRS doesn't seem to object. At the end of the day I use "Other Income" because it is quicker, no hassle filling out substitute forms, and Turbo Tax suggested that way to do it. Bottom line whichever way you choose seems to float the IRS's boat.

lansbury

As long as you file the IRS doesn't appear to object to the "how"

Make a choice:-

1) Use Schedule 1 and Other Income

2) Use Turbo Tax and fake number

3) Use either TT or HR Block without a fake number and file a paper return.

It doesn't matter which one.

durham_lad

As an aside, when living in the UK SS is only taxed in the UK but you can’t get TT to put zero as the taxable amount on form 1040, it always puts 85% of your SS as taxable. The solution from the TT community was to put that 15% in other income as a negative value, plus a short explanation with reference to the tax treaty. That has also worked for the last couple of years e-filing.