AL20C-038 e-file error

Error Message

Rule AL20C-038: Tax Forms/State/Alabama/20C - Tax Return/20C, Page 1, "Common parent Corporation" section at top of page 1. The common parent FEIN entered here must be that of the federal consolidated return submitted to and accepted by the IRS that is associated with this return. It must match the FEIN entered at Organizer/States/Common State/State E-file/Enable/ Create Returns/Federal Copy/Federal EIN column. All details entered on the federal copy tab must be those of the federal consolidated return submitted to and accepted by the IRS that is associated with this return. (#14/DIAG014).

Solution

Go to
Tax Forms
States
Alabama
20C-C Consolidated Tax Return
20C, Page 1
Federal Parent Name
section.
Make note of the FEIN.
Go to
Organizer
States
Common State
General Information
Basic Return Information
Filing Status tab
Make sure the FEIN is correct and that the name in Column I for Alabama is also accurate.
Go to
Organizer
States
State E-file
Enable/Create Returns
Federal Copy
Federal EIN Column G
.
Go to
Step 1 – What to Consolidate
, and select
Subsidiary Listing Complete
.
Go to
Step 4 – Review Preconsol Checklist
, then
Out of balance and compute pending
tab.
Select
Compute subsidiaries with compute pending
and
Compute all subsidiaries now
.
Go to
Step 5 – Consolidate
and select
Consolidate
.
Recreate the e-file.