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Error: Field ‘TotalBeforeCombinedAdjustments’ is unexpected

This validation error occurs when e-filing California Schedule 6 Alternative Minimum Tax because Schedule R-7 doesn’t have at least 2 electing members configured.

Error message

Validation failed on [FILE_ID]: Form: CA-Sch6-AlternativeMinimumTax[1][@documentId='SCH600ELBBC5] TotalBeforeCombinedAdjustments[1] Description: Total Corporation Alternative Minimum Tax Information Before Combined Adjustment Requirement: Expecting CorporationInformation Error: Field 'TotalBeforeCombinedAdjustments' is unexpected Element Name: TotalBeforeCombinedAdjustments XPath: //CA-Sch6-AlternativeMinimumTax[@documentId='SCH600ELBBC5']/TotalBeforeCombinedAdjustments[1] XML Fragment: 000000Field Key: 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 Error Code: c00ce014 Error Reason: Element '{http://www.ftb.ca.gov/efile}TotalBeforeCombinedAdjustments' is unexpected according to content model of parent element '{http://www.ftb.ca.gov/efile}CA-Sch6-AlternativeMinimumTax'. Expecting: {http://www.ftb.ca.gov/efile}CorporationInformation.

Solution

Schedule R-7 requires at least 2 elected members. Configure the following in at least 2 members:
  1. Go to
    Organizer
    States
    California
    Combined Return Information
    Combined Information
    .
  2. In at least 2 entities, go to the
    Schedule R-7 Information
    section
    note
    California requires at least 2 members in the combined report. The top consolidation needs to include Parent, Subsidiary, and Elimination filing.
    .
  3. Select one or both of these options:
    1. Electing member is incorporated, organized, qualified, or registered to do business in California
      .
    2. Select
      Electing member has property, payroll, or sales in California
      .
  4. In the parent entity only, select
    Member is the Key Corporation
    .
  5. Make sure all members are included. Don’t select
    Check to exclude this member from Part I, Section A
    for any member.
  6. Do a full recompute at the lower member level, then reconsolidate at the top level and recreate the e-file.

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