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E-file a separate return for a member of a federal consolidated return

A member of a federal consolidated C Corporation income tax return can file its separate New Jersey return with the following steps. After the federal electronic file has been generated for the consolidated income tax return, you can create the separate New Jersey electronic file for each member:
  1. Open the member return whose New Jersey return will be filed separately for state purposes.
  2. Select
    File
     then
    Save As
     to create a client that will mirror that of the member client.
  3. In the newly created client, go to the federal ELF screen, clear the
    File this return electronically
     checkbox, then press
    Enter
     on your keyboard. Go back to the
    File this return electronically
     checkbox and mark it again.
  4. While still on the federal ELF screen, mark the
    Suppress creation of: Federal electronic file when only filing a state return
     checkbox, go to the state return, then clear all critical diagnostic messages and all electronic filing diagnostic messages.
  5. Select
    File
    ,
    Print Returns
    ,
    Government copy
    , then
    Create electronic file
     to create the state electronic file.
  6. Transmit the newly created electronic file via CS Connect.
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