Error: Form 05-158-A Cost of Goods Sold should not be the same as federal
This happens when the cost of goods sold is none or blank and isn’t being picked up by the state.
Error message
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.
Solution
- In Organizer, selectStates.
- SelectTexas, thenMargin Computation.
- SelectCost of Goods Sold.
- Go to theDirect Costssection.
- EnterNone.
- Do a full recompute, then recreate the e-file.
