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Tax Professionals Handbook

Chapter 13

Reject Errors and Codes

The NCDOR will reject returns for the 2008 tax season. The following reject errors and reject codes should be displayed on the North Carolina acknowledgment record.

9000 Duplicate return.
9001 If the filing status is other than Married Filing Jointly, only the primary taxpayer name and SSN must be present.
9002 The Primary SSN cannot be blank or zero and must be valid.
9003 If the filing status is Married Filing Jointly, the spouse SSN and spouse name must be present and the SSN must be valid.
9004 If either a taxpayer or spouse (if MFJ) is not a full-year resident, then line 51 cannot be blank or zero.
9005 When line 6 of the D-400TC is greater than zero, then all of lines 1 through 4 of the D-400TC cannot be blank or zero and line 7b must equal one.
9006 The sum of D-400TC lines 7a, 15, and 18 must equal line 19 of the D-400TC.
9007* If both taxpayer and spouse (if MFJ) are full-year residents, D-400TC line 16 must equal D400TC line 18, and D-400TC line 17 must be zero or blank. If either taxpayer or spouse (if MFJ) is not a full-year resident, both D-400TC line 17 and D-400TC line 18 must equal D-400TC line 16 multiplied by D-400 line 12(or multiplied by 1.0000 if D-400 line 12 is greater than 1.0000).
9008 When the filing status equals Single and the AGI is greater than or equal to $60,000 or Married Filing Jointly and the AGI is greater than or equal to $100,000 or Married Filing Separately and the AGI is greater than or equal to $50,000 or Head of Household and the AGI is greater than or equal to $80,000 or Qualifying Widow (er) with Dependent Child and the AGI is greater than or equal to $100,000 on the D-400, then lines 16 through 18 of the D-400TC must be zero or blank.
9009* If a taxpayer and spouse (if MFJ) are full-year residents, D-400TC line 13 must equal D-400TC line 15, and D-400TC line 14 must be zero or blank. If either taxpayer or spouse (if MFJ) is not a full-year resident, both D-400TC line 14 and D-400TC line 15 must equal D-400TC line 13 multiplied by D-400 line 12(or multiplied by 1.0000 if D-400 line 12 is greater than 1.0000).
9010* When line 18 of the D-400 is less than line 22, then lines 23a and 23b must be blank or zero.
9011* The sum of lines 19a through 21 must equal line 22 of the D-400.
9012* When line 18 of the D-400 is more than line 22, then line 18 minus line 22 must equal line 23a.
9013* When line 18 of the D-400 is more than line 22, then lines 25 through 29 must be blank or zero.
9014 An amount must be present on line 6 of the D-400, either positive, negative or zero.
9015 Line 6 plus line 7 must equal line 8 and line 8 minus line 9 must equal line 10 of the D-400. (Note: Lines 7 and 9 can be positive or zero and lines 6, 8 and 10 can be positive, negative or zero.)
9016* If either a taxpayer or spouse (if MFJ) is not a full-year resident, then all of lines 51 through 53 of the D-400 cannot be blank or zero and line 12 must equal line 53.
9017 Lines 10 and 11 of the D-400 must equal.
9018 Line 15 of the D-400 must equal line 36 of the D-400TC.
9019 Line 14 minus line 15 must equal line 16 of the D-400.
9020 Line 16 plus line 17 must equal line 18 of the D-400.
9021* An amount must be present on line 31 of the D-400, either positive or zero.
9022* Line 34 must equal the lesser of lines 32 or 33 of the D-400.
9023 An amount must be present for Federal Adjusted Gross Income on the D-400, either positive, negative, or zero.
9024 The residency status of the taxpayer and spouse (if MFJ) must be present.
9025 A filing status must be present.
9026* Line 51 of the D-400 divided by line 52 must equal line 53 rounded to four decimal places.
9027* When an amount is present on line 51 of the D-400, an amount must be on line 52.
9028 If a taxpayer is a part-year resident, the beginning and ending dates of residency must be present. If the spouse is a part-year resident, the beginning and ending dates of residency must be present.
9029 Line 2 of the D-400TC divided by line 1 of the D-400TC must equal line 3 of the D-400TC rounded to four decimal places.
9030 Line 4 of the D-400TC must equal line 14 of the D-400.
9031 Line 3 of the D-400TC multiplied by line 4 of the D-400TC must equal line 5 of the D-400TC.      
9032 Line 7a of the D-400TC must be equal to the lesser of line 5 or line 6 of the D-400TC.
9033 Line 9 of the D-400TC must be less than or equal to line 8 of the D-400TC.
9034 Line 11 of the D-400TC must equal line 8 minus line 9 of the D-400TC.
9035 Line 32 of the D-400TC must equal the total of lines 19, 20b, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26b, 27b, 28b, 29b, 30, and 31 of the D-400TC.
9036 Line 34 of the D-400TC must be equal to the lesser of lines 32 and 33. Also, the sum of lines 34 and 35 must equal line 36 of the D-400TC.
9037 When line 33 of the D-400TC is blank, then line 36 of the D-400TC must be blank.
9038 When line 32 or line 35 of the D-400TC is greater than zero, then line 33 of the D-400TC must equal line 14 of the D-400.
9039 The NC Public Campaign Fund election for the taxpayer or spouse (if MFJ) or both is not valid.
9040 The NC Political Party Financing Fund election for the taxpayer or spouse (if MFJ) or both is not valid.
9041* Line 7 of the D-400 must equal line 40 of the D-400.
9042* Line 9 of the D-400 must equal line 50 of the D-400.
9043* If a taxpayer and spouse (if MFJ) are full-year residents, then line 11 of the D-400 must equal line 13 and all of lines 12 and 51 through 53 of the D-400 must be blank.
9044 If either a taxpayer or spouse (if MFJ) is not a full-year resident, then line 11 of the D-400 multiplied by line 12 must equal line 13.
9045 If line 13 of the D-400 is greater than or equal to $10, then an amount must be present on line 14 of the D-400.
9046 If the filing status is not Married Filing Jointly, then line 19b of the D-400 (spouse withholding) must be blank or zero.
9047 The indicator denoting an exception to underpayment of estimated income tax is not valid on the D-400.
9048* When line 18 of the D-400 is more than line 22, then the sum of lines 23a through 23c must equal line 24.
9049* When line 18 of the D-400 is less than line 22, then line 22 minus lines 18 and 23c must equal line 25 if the result is greater than zero.
9050* When line 18 of the D-400 is less than line 22, then line 22 minus lines 18 and 23c must equal line 24 if the result is less than zero.
9051* Line 26 of the D-400 plus line 27 must equal line 28.
9052* Line 28 of the D-400 must be less than or equal to line25.
9053* Line 25 of the D-400 minus line 28 must equal line 29.
9054* Line 30 of the D-400 minus line 31 must equal line 32. (Note: Line 32 cannot be less than zero.)
9055* The sum of lines 34 through 39 of the D-400 must equal line 40.
9056* The sum of lines 41 through 49of the D-400 must equal line 50.
9057 If line 7b of the D-400TC is greater than one, then lines 1 through 6 of the D-400TC must be blank.
9058 Line 10 of the D-400TC plus line 12 of the D-400TC must equal line 13 of the D-400TC.
9059 When line 20b of the D-400TC is greater than zero, then line 20a cannot be blank or zero.
9060 When line 28b of the D-400TC is greater than zero, then line 28a cannot be blank or zero.
9061 When line 29b of the D-400TC is greater than zero, then line 29a cannot be blank or zero.
9062  When line 26b of the D-400TC is greater than zero, then line 26a cannot be blank or zero.
9063  When line 27b of the D-400TC is greater than zero, then line 27a cannot be blank or zero.
9064

Line 36 of the D-400TC must be less than or equal to line 14 of the D-400.

9065 The part-year resident dates for the taxpayer or spouse (if MFJ) or both are not valid dates.
9066 If a taxpayer and spouse (if MFJ) are full-year residents, then the nonresident indicators, part-year resident indicators, and part-year resident dates for the taxpayer and spouse (if MFJ) must be blank.
9067 If a taxpayer is not a full-year resident, then either the nonresident indicator or the part-year resident indicator and not both must be present. If the filing status is MFJ and the spouse is not a full-year resident, then either the spouse nonresident indicator or the spouse part-year resident indicator and not both must be present.
9068 If a taxpayer is a nonresident for the entire year, then the part-year resident dates should be blank. If the filing status is MFJ and the spouse is a nonresident for the entire year, then the spouse part-year resident dates should be blank.
9069 The part-year resident indicator for the taxpayer or spouse (if MFJ) or both is not valid.
9070 The nonresident indicator for the taxpayer or spouse (if MFJ) or both is not valid.
9071 The date of death for the taxpayer or spouse (if MFJ) or both is not valid.
9072 Line 17 cannot be less than zero.
9073 A numeric field contains invalid data.
9074 The software used has not been approved for e-file.
9075 If the taxpayer or spouse is deceased, then a corresponding date of death must be present. If the taxpayer or spouse is not deceased, then the corresponding date of death must be blank.
9076 The deceased indicator for the taxpayer or spouse (if MFJ) or both is not valid.
9077** If a taxpayer and spouse (if MFJ) are full-year residents, D-400 line 21 must equal D-400TC line 38, and D-400TC line 39 must be zero or blank.
9078** If either taxpayer or spouse(if MFJ) is not a full-year resident, both D-400 line 21 and D-400TC line 39 must equal D-400TC line 38 multiplied by D-400 line 12 (or multiplied by 1.0000 if D-400 line 12 is greater than 1.0000).
9079** D-400TC line 38 must equal D-400TC line 37 multiplied by 3.5%(0.035)

* = Revised
** = New   


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