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Contribution Tax Reports File Upload Error List

Error # Error Message Corrective Action
1 Invalid UI Account # If you have not registered for a UI Account #, please register at http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/ui
2 Invalid UI Account # -Duplicate Please use the correct UI Account #.
3 This Employer has a status of closed Please register for a new UI Account # at http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/ui
4 This Employer has a status of Closed, by reason of business transfer If you are reporting for the successor account, use their UI account #. If this is a new business, complete the New Employer Registration at:  http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/ui.  If this is final payroll for the transferred business, you must submit a paper report and an explanation.
5 An actual tax report with the same payroll has been previously posted to this account for this quarter/year  
6 Cannot adjust payroll for a quarter after the last payroll date  
7 Report with payroll was received after last date of payroll To reopen this account go to http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/ui and select "Employer UI Account Information."
8 Payroll + Exclusions are not equal to gross wages  
9 The report is being filed for a quarter before the quarter of first pay  
10 Tax Report was received with zero payroll after the transfer date for a transferred Employer  
11 Tax Report quarter/year must be for current or preceding 4 years  
12 Quarter must be 1, 2, 3 or 4  
13 Report Year is missing  
14 Report Quarter is missing  
15 Year must be numeric  
16 Quarter must be numeric  
17 The account number must be numeric  
18 Amount paid must be numeric  
19 Gross Wage Amount is required  
20 Gross Wages must be numeric  
21 Gross Wage Amount cannot be negative  
22 Exclusion Amount is required  
23 Exclusions must be numeric.  
24 Exclusions cannot be negative  
25 Taxable Payroll Amount is required  
26 Taxable Payroll must be numeric  
27 Taxable Payroll cannot be negative  
28 Employee Count must not be negative  
29 Month 1 Employee Count must be Numeric  
30 Month 1 Employee Count must not have decimals  
31 Month 2 Emplyee Count must be Numeric  
32 Month 2 Employee Count must not have decimals  
33 Month 3 Employee Count must be Numeric  
34 Month 3 Employee Count must not have decimals  
35 The tax report payment amount is negative.  
999 FTP Upload File Format is Invalid. The file cannot be processed. Please review your file before resubmitting it to ensure that it is in an acceptable file format and to ensure that there is a carriage return at the end of each row of data. Information about acceptable tax file formats can be found at http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uitax/taxreportfilelayout.htm. Information about acceptable wage file formats can be found at http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uiben/wagefmt.htm.


Updated July 15, 2009
Bureau of Tax and Accounting
Content Contact: Tax & Accounting Staff