I do not believe it would be "wrong" to use EIN 68-0204061 (California's State Revenue Department), but with the current (as of the date of this post -- 2023-02-05) version of TurboTax, that EIN and an amount of less than $600 in Box3 (other income) on the 1099-MISC form, causes Smart Check to throw an error message to say that the EIN and/or Box3 amount is invalid.
CA FTB did not issue 1099-MISCs for MCTRs less than $600, yet honest citizens want to report MCTR income when filing their taxes, but without it being incorrectly taxed.
I suspect TurboTax is currently checking that Box3 is greater than or equal to $600 and I think that needs to be changed to greater than zero. Regardless, I'm looking to Intuit to provide an easy to use MCTR solution that makes their customers, the IRS and the CA FTB very happy.
