Error: Missing California corporation number

Error message

General Information: The California corporation number is missing in the parent and/or subsidiary returns.

Solution

Go to
Organizer
States
California
General Information folder
.
Go to the
General Information
section, in the
Scannable Forms Information
subsection.
Review the
Corporation Number (7 or 12 digits)
entry for all lower members. Right-click and select
Subview
to see which members don't have this entered. Open each member return needing this entry.
If you want this line to be blank, you need to select a reason from the dropdown in the
Reason the corporation number is not applicable
section.
note
This applies to all the lower members of the consolidation locator that don't have a valid corporation number entered. If you don't have a valid corporation number, then you will have to contact the California E-Help Desk to obtain a number.
Do a full recompute for each member of the return.
Reconsolidate at the TopCon level, then recreate the e-file.