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posted Oct 30, 2019 9:10:57 PM

How do you enter a cell phone number as a home number when you have no land line

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Oct 30, 2019 9:10:58 PM

Cell phone numbers are treated the same as land line numbers in TurboTax. If you have a Canadian or US phone number, make sure you are only typing it in using numbers - no special characters or spaces. There should be total of 3 numbers in the first box and 7 numbers in the second box. You may want to select and delete everything in each box before retyping, just in case there is a hidden space causing the problem. You can also leave the phone number space blank, as it is not a mandatory field.

TurboTax won’t allow you to input anything other than a Canadian or US phone number. If you have a phone number from another country, just don’t include it. The CRA will contact you by mail.


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Moderator
Oct 30, 2019 9:10:58 PM

Cell phone numbers are treated the same as land line numbers in TurboTax. If you have a Canadian or US phone number, make sure you are only typing it in using numbers - no special characters or spaces. There should be total of 3 numbers in the first box and 7 numbers in the second box. You may want to select and delete everything in each box before retyping, just in case there is a hidden space causing the problem. You can also leave the phone number space blank, as it is not a mandatory field.

TurboTax won’t allow you to input anything other than a Canadian or US phone number. If you have a phone number from another country, just don’t include it. The CRA will contact you by mail.