Products Affected:
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ProSeries/1040
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ProSeries Basic/1040
Situation
The following error message is displayed on the federal W-2 Worksheet when a return is marked for Indiana electronic filing and an amount more than 8% of the Indiana wages is entered in Box 17.
"Box 17-1 is invalid for Electronic Filing. The Indiana withholding cannot be more than 8 percent of your Indiana wages. Please verify the correct amounts of wages and withholding has been entered."
Indiana withholding can be up to 20%.
Solution
This situation was corrected in a recent Federal 1040 update. Download and install the update if you have not already done so. (Go to the Update menu and select Update Installed Products.)
Workaround (prior to update)
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Complete the federal and state return.
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Run Final Review in the federal and state return.
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Correct all federal and state errors except this error and save the return.
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Go to the EF Center or EF Clients tab and highlight the return.
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Go to the E-File menu, point to Electronic Filing, and select Convert/Transmit Returns and Extensions.
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In the Electronic Filing Options dialog box, select Convert and Transmit selected returns/extensions.
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Uncheck the box for Enable conversion error checking and click OK.