Enter a foreign address for a shareholder in electronic corporate returns
The IRS requires specific data for a shareholder's foreign address. To enter a shareholder's foreign address, select
View
then Shareholder Information
, go to the Information group box, and enter the following:- Enter the street address in theAddress 1andAddress 2fields. For single-line addresses, enter data only in theAddress 1field.
- Enter the city in theCityfield.
- Leave theStateandZip Codefields blank.
- Enter the foreign province or foreign state in theProvince or statefield.
- Select the appropriate 2-digit country code in theCountry codefield.
- Enter the foreign postal code in thePostal codefield.
- Enter a period (.) in theResident state at year endfield.note
- If the shareholder's address is in Canada, you can enter the Canadian province in theStatefield and leave theProvince or stateandCountry codefields blank.
- For more information about foreign shareholder addresses, refer to IRS Publication 4163, Modernized e-File (MeF) Information for Authorized IRS e-file Providers for Business Returns.