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Level 3
posted Mar 10, 2021 4:33:46 AM

"Check This Entry" California state Schedule E error message; but it's a royalty, not a rental.

Hello!  I get no error messages when running the final check on my federal return, but when I run the final check on my California state return, I get the error message below (please note that I've whited out the entity name):

 

Please note that I get from an entity a K-1 that has in box 6 an amount for royalties.  It's from a copyright.  So in the federal interview I identify it as such:

 

Further down on the Schedule E worksheet pictured earlier is the total royalty amount in section 4.  But it's as if the error screen wants me to pretend like it's a real estate property or something.

Final note: I get only one K-1, and there's only this one royalty.  I have no rental property income at all.

I look forward to your advice and appreciate your reading this very much.  Thank you!

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Level 3
Mar 11, 2021 4:52:51 AM

Question withdrawn!  Apparently I had entered a zero in a box instead of leaving it blank, which is what caused the problem .  We're all set now.