Thank you for your response and time. 

That's was my initial approach but, When I prepared the PA nonresident return it calculates a Zero Balance Due because it is pulling his wages from the federal return. So then I decided to override Line 1a which is Gross Compensation and replaced it to Zero.  This produced a refund which is what I expected, however, I'm receiving an error message when i go to e-file.

It states: " You Must Fix This Error -- Form PA-40: Ln 1a-Gross compensation should not overridden and changed for State Electronic Filing.  Using an override can prevent the cross-checking that's important to an accurate tax return.  The program automatically calculates Line 1a. To cancel the override, choose 'Cancel Override' from the Edit menu."

Is there away around this?