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Error: Field 'PrincipalBusinessActivityDesc' is unexpected

This validation error occurs on Form 851 when a subsidiary corporation is missing an EIN or address information. All consolidated group members must have an EIN or a valid missing EIN reason.

Error message

1. Validation failed on [FILE_ID]: Form: IRS851[1][@documentId='IRS8510001D9C1] SubsidiaryCorporationInfo[X]/PrincipalBusinessActivityDesc[1] Description: Prinicipal Business Activity Requirement: Expecting CorporationUSAddress, CorporationForeignAddress, CorporationEIN, MissingEINReasonCd Error: Field 'PrincipalBusinessActivityDesc' is unexpected Element Name: PrincipalBusinessActivityDesc XPath: //IRS851[@documentId='IRS8510001D9C1']/SubsidiaryCorporationInfo[X]/PrincipalBusinessActivityDesc[1] XML Fragment: [ERROR] Field Key: 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 Error Code: c00ce014 Error Reason: Element '{http://www.irs.gov/efile}PrincipalBusinessActivityDesc' is unexpected according to content model of parent element '{http://www.irs.gov/efile}SubsidiaryCorporationInfo'. Expecting: {http://www.irs.gov/efile}CorporationUSAddress, {http://www.irs.gov/efile}CorporationForeignAddress, {http://www.irs.gov/efile}CorporationEIN, {http://www.irs.gov/efile}MissingEINReasonCd.

Solution

note
All members must have an EIN.
  1. Go to
    Organizer
    General Information
    Basic Return Information
    Entity Information
    . Use the Subview on EIN to find the missing entity.
  2. Populate the address and missing EIN for the entity.
  3. Consolidate at the top consolidation level and recreate the e-file.
  4. For foreign-owned members with missing EIN:
    1. Go to
      Organizer
      Foreign Information
      25% Foreign Owned Corporation
      Name
      Mandatory Entry - Related Party
      Identification Numbers
      .
    2. For missing EIN, choose
      Foreign
      and enter 9s under
      Reference ID
      , or a valid entry.
    3. Perform a full recompute and reconsolidate at the top consolidation level and recreate the e-file.

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