Error: Field 'BadDebtAllowance' with value, data format is not correct
California Form 100/100W Schedule L Line 2b doesn't let you use negative values for the BadDebtAllowance field. Remove or correct the negative amount to resolve this e-file validation error.
Error message
Validation failed on [FILE_ID]: Form: CAForm100W[1][@documentId='Form100W000265C5] Form100WScheduleL[1]/Assets[1]/BeginningOfYear[1]/BadDebtAllowance[1] Description: Bad debts. LineNumber: Line 2b Requirement: Type for a U.S. non-negative integer amount field Error: The field 'BadDebtAllowance' with value '-[ID]', data format is not correct. Element Name: BadDebtAllowance XPath: //CAForm100W[@documentId='Form100W000265C5']/Form100WScheduleL[1]/Assets[1]/BeginningOfYear[1]/BadDebtAllowance[1] XML Fragment: ****** Field Key: 105,20,3,0,0,0,0,0,0 Error Code: [CODE] Error Reason: '-[ID]' violates minInclusive constraint of '0'. The element '{http://www.ftb.ca.gov/efile}BadDebtAllowance' with value '-[ID]' failed to parse.
Solution
California doesn't let you use negative amounts on Schedule L Line 2b. Correct the source data or override the amount.
- Go to .
- Make sure there are only positive numbers in Column (c) for this line. You can't use negative numbers here.
- If you need to update the amounts to be positive, go to .
- Check the amounts here.
- Then go to .
- Check the amounts here too.
- Do a full recompute, reconsolidate if needed, then recreate the e-file.