I'm getting Reject Code AL40-050 and the error message is saying, "Total Alabama Wages, Form 40 Pg. 1, line 5, must equal the total amount of all State Wages (including Wages Earned Out of State) as reported in Box 16 of the NEW ELF 2010 (4) STATE WAGE AND LOCALITY Federal 1040 W-2 (State Wages 1, State Wages 2, State Wages 3 and State Wages 4). Note: plus/minus +/- $3.00 variance allowance has been added to TotalWagesSalariesTips to allow for rounding errors." Box 1 and box 16 do not match on 2 of my W2s. What do I need to do to fix it?
Reject code AL40-050 indicates a math error on the Alabama return. This is typically caused by having a W-2 from another state included with your return, possibly a state that does not have a state income tax.
If one of the W-2s was issued from a state that does not have any state income tax and there was no state information included on that W-2, it is the one causing the mismatch with the Alabama return. Try entering the box 1 amount on that W-2 in box 16. This should clear the math error on the Alabama return.