This article applies to:

Product: UltraTax CS
Return type: 1040 Individual,1120 Corporation,1065 Partnership,1041 Fiduciary,990 Exempt Organization,5500 Beneficiary Plan,706 Estate Tax,709 Gift Tax,2290 Heavy Vehicle Use Tax

Error: Incorrect version found when reading export file

You might get the following error when you're trying to open a client.

Error message

Incorrect version found when reading export file

This error is usually caused by a corrupt data sharing export file.

In UltraTax CS, select Help
then Repair
.

Select the client then select Decompress Client
.

In the

Decompress Client

window, go to the Data Sharing Export file
, mark it, delete it, then select Done
.

note

This file may not exist. If missing, move on to the next step.

While still in the

Repair

window and with the client selected, select Rebuild Data Sharing
for this client only then select Done
.