E-file diagnostic: Partnership amounts for Foreign Tax/Other don’t equal the total of partners
Partnership amounts for Foreign Tax/Other do not equal total of partners: amounts. Please check Reconciliation of Partnership to Partner Amounts.
This happens when the Partner Amounts and Reconciliation of Partnership don’t match.
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This is a severe diagnostic, and it won’t affect e-filing.
Solution 1
- Go to folder.
- SelectReconciliation of Pshp to Ptr Amounts.
- In theDifferencescolumn, review the difference amounts and adjust them to make sure the amounts are balanced in the following path: folder.
- SelectIncome SummaryorDeduction Summary.
- Make necessary adjustments to the respective lines.
- Do a full recompute and recreate the e-file.
Solution 2
If information from the Schedule K is incorrectly affecting the amounts:
- Go to theOrganizer, thenSchedule Kfolder.
- SelectOther Information, thenOther Itemstab.
- Mark theSuppress Schedule K nondeductible expenses from automatically flowing to Schedule M-1checkbox.
- Do a full recompute and recreate the e-file.
Solution 3
Check for an aggregated Schedule K-1.
- Go to .
- SelectK-1 Aggregation, if the aggregated XML file is present.
- SelectAttach K-1 Aggregation XML File.
- Select the aggregated XML file, then selectRETRIEVE.
- Update the aggregated XML file to have the correct amounts so they’ll add up to the grand total.
- Delete the existing aggregated XML file from the electronic filing attachments screen.
- SelectAdd.
- SelectAttachment jurisdictionforFederal K-1 Aggregation.
- SelectBrowse for fileand attach the updated XML Aggregation.
- SelectUpload, thenDone.
- Do a full recompute and recreate the e-file.
Solution 4
Check for Direct K-1 Import.
- Go to .
- Look for theDirect K-1 Importtab.
- If you don’t find theDirect K-1 Importtab, then you're not using it as it's not enabled.
- If you find theDirect K-1 importtab, select it.
- If the option toEnable Direct K-1 Import to replace the computed Schedule K-1sis not enabled, then this is not being used.
- If it is enabled, update the import file and reimport the Direct K-1 Import file or go to the folderTax forms, thenFederal.
- Select Schedule K-1 and change the amounts directly on the tax form.
- Do a full recompute and recreate the e-file.