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
- In Organizer, selectStates.
- SelectTexas, thenMargin Computation.
- SelectCost of Goods Sold.
- Go to theDirect Costssection.
- EnterNone.
- Run a full recompute and recreate the e-file.
