Error: Field 'TotalTax' is unexpected
This error occurs when the District of Columbia D-20 Schedule D has a total amount but no supporting detail.
Error message
Validation failed on [FILE_ID]: Form: SchD20[1] TotalTax[1] Description: Total Tax, enter here and D20 line 16 Requirement: Expecting Taxes Error: Field 'TotalTax' is unexpected Element Name: TotalTax XPath: /ReturnState[1]/ReturnDataState[1]/SchD20[1]/TotalTax[1] XML Fragment: ****** Field Key: 110,82,7,0,0,0,0,0,0 Error Code: c00ce014 Error Reason: Element '{http://www.irs.gov/efile}TotalTax' is unexpected according to content model of parent element '{http://www.irs.gov/efile}SchD20'. Expecting: {http://www.irs.gov/efile}Taxes.
Solution
When the D-20, Page 3, Schedule D TOTAL line has an amount, you must enter supporting detail for that total.
- Go to .
- Enter theDescriptionandAmountfor each tax detail. Amounts can't be negative.
- Do a full recompute and recreate the e-file.
