And if you are talking about your 2022 CA tax return?
....you won't know until you attempt to file whether you will have an issue again.
Certainly, it's not something anyone in this forum could predict...unless you can point to some special/unusual form that CA may not allow e-filing for.
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1) You should make sure you have every scrap of the Federal section filled out...then go thru the CA section...and if you are certain you've entered everything (every scrap of income, and all deductions & credits available), then you can e-file Federal and CA together at the same e-filing. When e-filed together, the software knows to wait to finish the e-file of the State forms until the IRS "Accepts" the Federal forms. If the IRS "Rejects" the federal e-file, the state e-file is not sent.....and then you have to fix the reason for the Federal rejection before attempting to e-file again.
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2) If you either have already, or plan to e-file the Federal forms by itself, and CA forms separately later...then you cannot e-file CA forms until the Federal e-file is "Accepted" by the IRS (and both must be in the same tax account too).
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"Usually" if the State forms cannot be e-filed for any reason, the software usually gives you some hint as to why. The most common reason I can think of for many states, is if the state tax "withholding" on some tax form either exceeds the distribution on that form, or the withholding exceeds some state determined % limit.
For instance, some states require paper filing if state withholding on one of the tax forms exceeds 25% of the total $$ distribution on that form. (it varies by state...I've heard 50% for some state or other).
One person had increased their state withholding on a 1099-R form to be all of the distribution (to cover $$ of income elsewhere)....and their state blocked the e-filing because it looks like an entry error.....i.e. hard to believe anyone could intend to do that so they want to see the forms on paper as proof. While it can't be fixed for that tax year, the only solution for that type of situation in the next tax year is to drop the state withholding the next year for that account to a far lower % of the state distribution. AND if they have other income to cover, have the state withholding done there instead, or pay state quarterly estimated taxes instead to cover any state underpayment situation they might be dealing with.
____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
