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My California e-file is rejected

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March 21, 2022
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My California e-file is rejected for the following reason:

/CA-Return/CA-ReturnData/CAForm540ScheduleCA/IncomeAdjSchedule/Income/FederalAmounts/OtherIncomeAdditionalItems - Data in the return is missing or invalid. Please double check your entries.

I checked Section C - Adjustment to Income in Form 540 and all fields are empty.

All fields in Part 1 Additional Income in Schedule 1 of Form 1040 are either empty or zeros.

Does anyone have the same issue? How can I resolve it?

Best answer by nscott82

Ours was rejected with the exact same error, even though I've checked it against previous years that were accepted without issue.

I'm wondering: Do you have an entry on line 8z ("Other Income: List type and amount") of Section B of Schedule CA (540): California Adjustments? We do, but TurboTax is leaving the description of that addition blank, even though it's supposed to either state what the addition is for (if it's a single thing) or say "See Stmt" (if it's multiple things). Our federal return was accepted, and TurboTax did put "See Stmt" on our federal return.

My theory: In previous years, the adjustment comparable to this year's 8z was included as part of a total of multiple possible sources of income, so if the "Other" description was left blank it previously wouldn't be an automatic flag. This year, line 8z is separated by itself, so I wonder if a blank description of the income on line 8z is an automatic rejection by the system.

I'm tempted to print the return and write "See Stmt" myself and see if it's accepted. (It's not a form that I can find any way to access and override the entry--I can change it in the worksheets, but it doesn't change the info in the form that's filed.)

Don't know for sure if that's the issue, but it seems...plausible? What I do know is it's definitely frustrating.

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Argonzal

I'm getting same error... Have you been able to resolve?

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entiesAuthor

No, I haven’t. I talked to two Turbotax specialists over the phone and went through all State tax items but still state e-file fails. I asked for a refund and mailed my state tax return.
Have you put 1099-K from ebay or PayPal into Turbotax? I’m guessing my 1099-K from ebay is the root cause because that’s the only difference over my 2020 tax return. I sold my unused house hold items at ebay last year.

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Argonzal

No.... I did not have a 1099K... I've been on the phone with 3 different people and no one can tell me what the specific error is.

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nscott82Answer

Ours was rejected with the exact same error, even though I've checked it against previous years that were accepted without issue.

I'm wondering: Do you have an entry on line 8z ("Other Income: List type and amount") of Section B of Schedule CA (540): California Adjustments? We do, but TurboTax is leaving the description of that addition blank, even though it's supposed to either state what the addition is for (if it's a single thing) or say "See Stmt" (if it's multiple things). Our federal return was accepted, and TurboTax did put "See Stmt" on our federal return.

My theory: In previous years, the adjustment comparable to this year's 8z was included as part of a total of multiple possible sources of income, so if the "Other" description was left blank it previously wouldn't be an automatic flag. This year, line 8z is separated by itself, so I wonder if a blank description of the income on line 8z is an automatic rejection by the system.

I'm tempted to print the return and write "See Stmt" myself and see if it's accepted. (It's not a form that I can find any way to access and override the entry--I can change it in the worksheets, but it doesn't change the info in the form that's filed.)

Don't know for sure if that's the issue, but it seems...plausible? What I do know is it's definitely frustrating.

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cris233

My state return got rejected as well, and your theory sounds reasonable to me as I have an amount in 8z and the statement is blank. Did you get your state return fixed and rejected finally?

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nscott82

I'm glad that sounds possible to someone else! I'm hoping to get to our return again this week, but I figure I'll have to print it and mail it, so who knows how long it would be before I know if it's actually accepted...

@enties, have you had any luck figuring it out?

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elwood86

My CA efile was rejected due to LLC form 568. I fixed and followed instructions to fix this form. I will mail the 568. But now how do I re efile my CA return 540? it shows "pending" in TT Desktop