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  • Product: GoSystem Tax RS
  • Return type: 1065 Partnership
  • State: California,Connecticut,Idaho,Illinois,Kentucky,Maryland,Minnesota,Montana,Nebraska,New Jersey,New York,North Carolina,Ohio,Pennsylvania,Texas,Utah,Wisconsin,Alabama,Alaska,Arizona,Arkansas,Colorado,Delaware,District of Columbia,Florida,Georgia,Hawaii,Indiana,Iowa,Kansas,Louisiana,Maine,Massachusetts,Michigan,Mississippi,Missouri,Nevada,New Hampshire,New Mexico,North Dakota,Oklahoma,Oregon,Rhode Island,South Carolina,South Dakota,Tennessee,Vermont,Virginia,Washington,West Virginia,Wyoming
  • Subject: e-file

Error: The field ‘CityNm’ with value '', data format is not correct

You get this error when a foreign partner's city entry contains special characters, numbers, or extra spaces.

Error message

Validation failed on:
Form: IRS1065ScheduleK1[1][@documentId='IRS1065ScheduleK1] PartnerForeignAddress[1]/CityNm[1]
Description: City
Error: The field 'CityNm' with value '', data format is not correct.
Element Name: CityNm
XPath: //IRS1065ScheduleK1[@documentId='IRS1065ScheduleK1']/PartnerForeignAddress[1]/CityNm[1
XML Fragment: <CityNm xmlns="http://www.irs.gov/efile"></CityNm>
Error Code: c00ce169
Error Reason: '' violates pattern constraint of '([A-Za-z] ?)*[A-Za-z]'.
The element '{http://www.irs.gov/efile}CityNm' with value '' failed to parse.

Solution

  1. Go to
    Organizer
    Partner Information
    Partner by Partner Data
    Columnar Partner Entry
    Name and Address
    .
  2. For each foreign partner, remove special characters, numbers, and extra spaces from the
    City
     column.
  3. If you use Direct K-1 Import, go to
    Tax Forms
    Federal
    Direct K-1 Import
    partner
    Import K1 Partner Information
     and remove special characters, numbers, and extra spaces from each foreign partner's city entry.

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