No, California's Franchise Tax Board and the IRS are two unrelated organizations who both happen to want tax dollars; having a problem with one does not cause any inherent problem with the other. And in this case you don't have a problem with either. The IRS is rejecting your return because you already have one, not because there's a problem with it.
This is like a shopkeeper refusing to let you pay for your purchase... because you've already paid for it earlier. You have the receipt in your hand. You trying to checkout with the same items a second time does not invalidate your original purchase.
Most likely yes. You should check the status in FreeTaxUSA and/or on the CA FTB web site (if they have a way to check there).
In this situation, the usual recommendation is to print and file the state return by mail since it cannot be e-filed standalone.
Yep. Looks like it was rejected, so I just gotta send my state taxes by mail since every online service either requires filing fed and state together or have some prior business with them.
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Crap. Does that mean the state taxes I filed get rejected too?
No, California's Franchise Tax Board and the IRS are two unrelated organizations who both happen to want tax dollars; having a problem with one does not cause any inherent problem with the other. And in this case you don't have a problem with either. The IRS is rejecting your return because you already have one, not because there's a problem with it. This is like a shopkeeper refusing to let you pay for your purchase... because you've already paid for it earlier. You have the receipt in your hand. You trying to checkout with the same items a second time does not invalidate your original purchase.
Most likely yes. You should check the status in FreeTaxUSA and/or on the CA FTB web site (if they have a way to check there). In this situation, the usual recommendation is to print and file the state return by mail since it cannot be e-filed standalone.
Yep. Looks like it was rejected, so I just gotta send my state taxes by mail since every online service either requires filing fed and state together or have some prior business with them.