I have a taxpayer who qualifies for $3.00 of California EIC because of earnings on a form 1099-NEC. CA requires the taxpayer's "business information" including Business License Number, SEIN and form number where the income is claimed. None of this pertains to a person who is getting some misc. non-employee compensation. I'd like to supress the credit but I can't figure out how to do it. This is creating a fatal error and the diagnostic (#49687) says the return will be rejected if I don't provide this nonexistant information. Any suggestions?

Dennis McFerran
RTRP, San Jose, CA