How do I fix "Hidden Federal Transfer Wks: Taxpayer's occupation has too many characters"?

[kwhite72820]

"Check this entry. Hidden Federal Transfer Wks: Taxpayer's occupation has too many characters"? when trying to complete the state taxes.

[Bsch4477]

Go back to where you reported your occupation and shorten it. What you input doesn’t affect your tax liability. 

[JosephS1]

Like what Bsch4477 stated, all you need do is restate your occupation in abbreviated terms.  While I cannot find the character limit exactly, there are limits for both Federal and State.  Federal used to have a 35 character limit but I cannot determine if that is still in effect or if it was made smaller.  It is a simple correction to make and go forward:

Go to the My Info tab > select Edit and rename your occupation with less characters. Example: update occupation from "administrative assistant" to just "admin" or some such shortening.  Accountant can be shortened to Acct, Engineer to Eng, and so on.

@kwhite72820