NY IT-204-LL BUG

[KenGreenberg]

NY requires sole member LLCs to complete a NY IT-204-LL so they can nab a $25 nuisance fee on a pass-through entity.

This worked fine last year, when the bank debit info and check box was on the Misc Info/Direct Deposit screen. For 2023, it's no longer on that screen, but they offer a nice little button to jump to state and local taxes, where they moved it. Under state and local you can find two screens for it instead of one.

1. The jump button isn't on the NY direct deposit page where you announce it was moved... so that's bug #1
2. You have to click a MANDATORY button on the "New York Other Separate SMLLC IT-204-LL" screen to say that you have a disregarded entity. Again - mandatory. 
3. On the second screen - for e-payment - If you check the e-payment box, you get a critical error that you have to pay via direct debit. The error screen shows the check box and electronic debit words in red - as though it's not checked - but it is.
4. If you uncheck the mandatory box, the error about electronic payment goes away, but you can't e-file because Proconnect won't generate the IT-204-LL form unless the Mandatory box is checked. 
5. If you look at the NY-IT-204-LL letter in forms, even with the e-payment box checked, the letter talks about mailing in your payment.

This mess needs to be fixed. I have a dozen of these due in two days, and there's no extension for it.

I also have no confidence the debit will occur if I e-file the return by overriding the errant error since the letter indicates it expects the client to mail a check.

This is a nightmare on the level of depreciation. 😡