topic ERROR SC1040 Line 15 is not calculating correctly in State tax filing

ERROR SC1040 Line 15 is not calculating correctly

KARDSC — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:50:29 GMT

Example Line 14 is 5000 but line 10 is 4800. Line 15 should read 2000 owed not zero.

How can this be fixed? It is showing up as nothing owe which is incorrect.

Thanks

SteamTrain — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 21:45:47 GMT

You're doing that backwards. (head slap?)

You take box 10 and subtract box 14

Thus 4800 - 5000 = Negative 200

And for negative numbers, box 15 is limited to a zero.

KARDSC — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 22:07:01 GMT

thanks, after like 6 hours of working on 3 returns, and ALWAYS needing to pay SC... I can see I get a free year! LOL