Error: The field 'StateAbbreviationCd' data format is not correct

Error message

Form: IRS709[1][@documentId='IRS709] DonorGiftsSubjectToGiftTxGrp[1]/DoneeUSAddress[1]/StateAbbreviationCd[1]
Requirement: State
Requirement: State abbreviations, a.k.a. state codes
Error: The field 'StateAbbreviationCd' with value '[ENTERED_VALUE]', data format is not correct.

Element Name: StateAbbreviationCd
XPath: //IRS709[@documentId='IRS709']/DonorGiftsSubjectToGiftTxGrp[2]/DoneeUSAddress[1]/StateAbbreviationCd[1]
XML Fragment: [ENTERED_VALUE]
Field Key: 1,102,129,1,1,1,0,0,0
Error Code: [CODE]
Error Reason: '[ENTERED_VALUE]' violates enumeration constraint of 'AL AK AS AZ AR CA CO MP CT DE DC FM FL GA GU HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MH MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PW PA PR RI SC SD TN TX VI UT VT VA WA WV WI WY AA AE AP'.
The element '{http://www.irs.gov/efile}StateAbbreviationCd' with value '[ENTERED_VALUE]' failed to parse.

Solution

Go to
Organizer
List of Gift Recipients
.
Review the donee address for the recipient identified in the error. For all recipients with a foreign address, enter only the following fields:
Address
City
Foreign Country
Foreign Province
Foreign Post Code
.
Make sure all other domestic address fields are empty (including
State
and
ZIP Code
).
Do a full recompute, then recreate the e-file.