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Turbotax will not allow me to submit my State taxes because my PEL is not 9 digits long. My state gives 7 digit PEL numbers. What do I do?

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Turbotax will not allow me to submit my State taxes because my PEL is not 9 digits long. My state gives 7 digit PEL numbers. What do I do?

Add zeros to the beginning of your ID. Illinois accepted my return and paid me already.

Turbotax will not allow me to submit my State taxes because my PEL is not 9 digits long. My state gives 7 digit PEL numbers. What do I do?

Add 2 zeros in front of the number and it will go through 

I am a year around tech support agent.. I have seen this and this is the fix 

DawnC
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Turbotax will not allow me to submit my State taxes because my PEL is not 9 digits long. My state gives 7 digit PEL numbers. What do I do?

As mentioned above, add enough zeros in front of the number to make it nine digits.  @TeacherAli 

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Turbotax will not allow me to submit my State taxes because my PEL is not 9 digits long. My state gives 7 digit PEL numbers. What do I do?

Adding the 2 zeros before the number is the correct resolution

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