Anyone else’s CA state return get rejected due to charitable contributions?

[KalRod04]

did anyone get this error, and just reviewed fed/state again and just resubmit it? If so, did it finally get accepted or is it still pending? 

[Jetfan]

@KalRod04 Got error message yesterday.  Reviewed, didn't change anything. Refiled yesterday, rejected again today. 

[KalRod04]

@Jetfan Lovely, just flippin lovely. Thanks for responding. Guess I’ll have to wait for the second reject and try what the other people are saying about deleting and re-doing it.

TurboTax, I told myself last year I would not use y’all again due to issues that I’m still dealing with the state because of a rejection code. But yet I decided to try again and yet y’all fail me again…

[jme02100]

Unfortunately if your just resubmitting the same thing it’s going to get rejected. Go back through this thread and find my instructions how I got mine accepted. I’m not a tax expert but this work around allowed my state return to be accepted.

[khoupernicus]

I did that after my first CA return rejection and it rejected after 24 hours for the 2nd time. I did what jme02100 recommended and refiled for the 3rd time 1 hour ago, still pending.

[Larry McK]

Same issue twice now.  On both Feb 17 and Feb 18.

There are no Contributions on this return.  It is a simple Fed and State return.

This is a software problem!!

Fed accepted in 30 minutes.  State - still not accepted

[Steph1970]

Yes, my state has been rejected 3 times for this reason. I have spoken to two representatives and still have been unsuccessful. This was my first time using Turbotax and I'm sure it will be my last. I am very unsatisfied!

[rasmussenb9]

just got off phone with TurboTax, they are now telling everyone to 0 out the cares act charitable contribution and redo the review of state and then refile, we will see but others have reported success

[jme02100]

@rasmussenb9  Lol good to know I was correct with my fix information, you’re welcome TurboTax I’ll be sending you an invoice for my work here 😂 

[Jetfan]

@rasmussenb9  Did they say how to 0 out cares contribution?

[jme02100]

@Jetfan  Start from the beginning of your fed return until you get to the question where it asks about charitable contributions  (it’s towards the end) put $0, delete old state taxes and hit start over to bring over the new info with the charitable contributions zero’ed then refile state taxes. This is what I did yesterday morning and it was accepted within 30 minutes.

[rasmussenb9]

The easiest way I know is to go to Federal Taxes, then Deductions and Credits, then I'll Choose, then Done with Deductions, then hit Continue about 4x and your there

[fpr07]

If you have charitable contributions, entering $0 doesn't seem best option. While the system didn't prompt me to put where I did make donations, I had to manually go in and add that information.  Then, the CA state return was fixed. DONT GIVE UP YOUR DONATIONS to accommodate the system.

[jme02100]

@fpr07  It made zero difference in what was owed or to be refunded for me so that was the best option for me. If you donate a ton to charity and it makes a big difference then ya I’d agree don’t just zero it out, that’s not the case for most people. 

[sasa22]

I've already paid my turbotax fees, hence i cannot delete my state return. Any idea how to do this?