I have this continuous error. I looked around and was unable to trouble shoot this issue.

The error states e-file. For California e-file purposes, CA state wages on Form W-2 must add up to total California wages reported on the CA Tax return. Please check the entries in (Screen 10, Wages, Salaries, Tips, Code 3 and 13). It is not recommended to use State Wages, if different for CA file returns. Instead, allocate CA wages to the main form by using the primary wages input (ref# 5218).

My client has different wages shown on Federal wages and Ca wages. The issue is with the HSA contribution. As instructed, I soured the income and reconciled CA Wage with CA wage. As the CA wage was greater than the reported Federal amount, I created a separate line item in the worksheet to reduce the Federal wages reported. 

I went into the Wage Box 1 and did the following inputs. 

1. Wage Amount, CA

2. - Wage Amount, US (reconcile to match with the W-2 [Negative Value])

Can anyone provide any insight how to get this critical diagnostics resolved?

Thank you in advance, 

Peter Paik