Error: The field ‘MiddleInitial’ with value, '' data is missing or unexpected

Error messages

Form: MiddleInitial[1]
Requirement: Typically used for a person's name. Legal Characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, hyphen, apostrophe and single space. Illegal Character: leading space, trailing space, adjacent spaces, and other symbols.
Error: The field 'MiddleInitial' with value '', data is missing.

Error: Field 'MiddleInitial' is unexpected
Element Name: MiddleInitial
Error Reason: Element '{http://www.irs.gov/efile}MiddleInitial' is unexpected according to content model of parent element '{http://www.irs.gov/efile}Partner'.
Expecting: {http://www.irs.gov/efile}Individual, {http://www.irs.gov/efile}Corporation, {http://www.irs.gov/efile}TrustEstate, {http://www.irs.gov/efile}Partnership, {http://www.irs.gov/efile}SCorporation, {http://www.irs.gov/efile}OtherEntity.

Validation failed on [FILE_ID]:
Form: 
Error: The field 'MiddleInitial' with value '', data format is not correct.
Element Name: MiddleInitial
Error Reason: '' violates pattern constraint of '[A-Za-z]'.
The element '{http://www.irs.gov/efile}MiddleInitial' with value '2' failed to parse.

Solution 1

Go to
Organizer
Partner Information
Partner by Partner Data
Columnar Partner Entry
Reformat Partner Name for State Purpose
.
In the
Initial
column, identify non-individual partners (Corporation or Partnership), as they should not have middle initials.
Remove the middle initial for any non-individual entities.
Run a full compute and recreate the e-file.

Solution 2: Iowa only

Go to
Organizer
States
Iowa
.
In the
Iowa
folder, select
A and A/Business Activity Ratio
, then in
Business Activity Ratio
look for the
Other Types of Income
section.
Enter both description and amounts.
Do a full recompute and recreate the e-file.