E-file Diagnostic: Form 05-158-A Cost of Goods Sold should not be the same as federal

Form 05-158-A: State instructions indicate the Cost of Goods Sold for Texas should not be the same as that for federal. Review your input and make adjustment in the Texas Organizer. Navigation: Organizer \ States \ Texas \ Margin Computation \ Cost of Goods Sold.
This happens when the cost of goods sold is none or blank and isn’t being picked up by the state.

Solution

  1. In Organizer, select
    States
    .
  2. Select
    Texas
    , then
    Margin Computation
    .
  3. Select
    Cost of Goods Sold
    .
  4. Go to the
    Direct Costs
    section.
  5. Enter
    None
    .
  6. Run a full recompute and recreate the e-file.
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