TurboTax won't allow filing without California Secretary of State file (SOS) number. California does not require this for General Partnerships. Is it OK to enter zeros?

[LMZ0]

Using TurboTax Business 2017, when trying to e-file the California return, it keeps going back to review and asking to enter the SOS number.

My business is a small general partnership. I have checked on the California state website and it indicates registration for this number is OPTIONAL for general partnerships.

In past versions of TurboTax, it wasn't required to enter this number to e-file.

Is it OK to enter zeros in this field in order to complete the filing process?

[ttxjay]

The SOS file number isn't really needed.  However, the person responsible for this part of the program doesn't understand this, and his mother is out of town till next month.  So you can't e-file your California return even though Turbo-tax already charged your credit card.

[creativemarblest]

Please tell me LMZ0 whether you opted to enter a whole bunch of zeros in order to by-pass TurboTax Business's requirement for General Partnerships to include the Secretary of State (SOS) number AND how the State of California handled your paperwork.  Did the state flag you?  I have the TurboTax Business 2018 and am faced with the same problem.  My hesitation with the zero's entered as my General Partnership's SOS number is e-filing with California under the premise of a non-existing entity and am trying to weigh out whether my next best move is to not e-file and instead print out our Partnership Tax Return and mail it via USPS.  The process won't be as efficient as e-filing, but just as effective.

[zigzaglens]

As I just posted in the other related thread, this is so incredibly frustrating. A simple thing to fix, and yet here we are years after the original post/report and it has not been fixed. 

TurboTax for Business 2020 still has two incorrect checks that block e-filing for California.

1. "Secretary of State file number must contain at least 12 digits"

2. "Secretary of State file number must begin with the digits 19 or 20"

Both are wrong. California gives corporations seven digit file numbers. Maybe not all corporations are given seven digit numbers, but many of them are. And they don't begin with 19 or 20.

Ridiculous.

[Fstarocka]

***** READ FOR SOLUTION ****

Was stuck on this for hours trying to file and LLC with scorp tax status - switch to the forms mode on T-tax  Business (mine was windows version) - look around the page for the options for the field that says CA Corp No. (see tax help) field (you might have to hover or look at the bottom of the document), one of them is: "LLC filing as an scorp" - YES, the WHOLE sentence! mine lit up blue and I just E-filed! There were 3 or 4 options for this field - so like me, if you dont have a C******* number but only a CA file number (12 digit) then this is the option for you!!

Copy the words exactly and you will see they will change blue!