17082: Officer PIN Signature - SSN Recommended - Note 207

Starting with tax year 2020, the IRS is recommending that the person who signs the business return provide their SSN as a part of his or her signature. Not entering the signer’s SSN could delay processing of the tax return; it also alerts the IRS that certain information is missing from the return, which could cause a reject in future years. A preparer should consider entering the SSN of the return signer on federal screen PIN. Personal ID information provided for the signature purposes is not printed anywhere in the return. A return note 207 that lists the signature recommendation will be generated to refer to business rule R0000-223 if the SSN is not provided.

Business rule R0000-223 is an alert that states: 'SSN' in 'SigningOfficerGrp' in the Return Header must have a value. 

Note: FOREIGNUS and APPLDFOR are not valid entries.