Error # | Error Message | Corrective Action |
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1 | Invalid UI Account # | This account number is not valid for Wisconsin UI reporting. Use our Data File Exchange to obtain the correct UI account number for this client. |
2 | Invalid UI Account # -Duplicate | This account number is not valid for Wisconsin UI reporting. Use our Data File Exchange to obtain the correct UI account number for this client. |
3 | This Employer has a status of closed | This account has been closed and cannot be used for reporting. Please complete New Employer Registration at https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uitax to obtain a new UI account number for this client. |
4 | This Employer has a status of Closed, by reason of business transfer | This account has been closed due to a transfer of account experience and
can no longer be used for electronic reporting. If this report is for
final payroll of the transferred business, submit a paper tax report and an
explanation of why wages were paid after the transfer date. If this company has started a new business, complete New Employer Registration at https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uitax to obtain a new UI account number for this client. |
5 | An actual tax report with the same payroll has been previously posted to this account for this quarter/year | This report has already been filed. No further action is necessary. |
6 | Cannot adjust payroll for a quarter after the last payroll date | |
7 | Report with payroll was received after last date of payroll | This account is currently on inactive reporting status. To reactivate the account, complete UCT-16722 UI Account Reactivation Request. |
8 | Taxable Payroll + Exclusions are not equal to Total Covered Wages | Please correct Total Covered Wage, Exclusions, and/or Taxable Payroll in your report. Taxable Payroll and Exclusions combined must equal Total Covered Wage. |
9 | The report is being filed for a quarter before the quarter of first pay | This account was not active during this quarter/year. Please update the account through New Employer Registration at https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uitax. |
10 | Tax Report was received with zero payroll after the transfer date for a transferred Employer | This account has been closed due to a transfer of account experience and can no longer be used for reporting. Please discontinue filing zero payroll reports under this account number. |
11 | Tax Report quarter/year must be for current or preceding 4 years | Please correct Reporting Period Quarter/Year. Valid values are the current quarter or any quarter in the previous four years. |
12 | Quarter must be 1, 2, 3 or 4 | Please correct Quarter. Valid values are 1, 2, 3 or 4. |
13 | Report Year is missing | Please provide Year. Valid values are the current year and the previous four years. |
14 | Report Quarter is missing | Please provide Quarter. Valid values are 1, 2, 3 or 4. |
15 | Year must be numeric | Please correct Year so it contains only numeric characters. |
16 | Quarter must be numeric | Please correct Quarter. Valid values are 1, 2, 3, or 4. |
17 | Employer UI account number must be numeric | Please correct Employer UI Account Number so it contains only numeric characters. |
18 | Amount paid must be numeric | Please correct Amount Paid so it contains only numeric characters. |
19 | Total Covered Wage Amount is required | Please enter a value for Total Covered Wage. If no wages were paid, fill the field with all zeroes. |
20 | Total Covered Wage must be numeric | Please correct Total Covered Wage so it contains only numeric characters. |
21 | Total Covered Wage Amount cannot be negative | Please correct Total Coverage Wage. The value must not be negative. |
22 | Exclusion Amount is required | Please enter a value for Exclusions. If there were no exclusions, fill the field with all zeroes. |
23 | Exclusions must be numeric. | Please correct Exclusions so it contains only numeric characters. |
24 | Exclusions cannot be negative | Please correct Exclusions. The value must not be negative. |
25 | Taxable Payroll Amount is required | Please enter a value for Taxable Payroll. If there was no taxable payroll, fill the field with all zeroes. |
26 | Taxable Payroll must be numeric | Please correct Taxable Payroll so it contains only numeric characters. |
27 | Taxable Payroll cannot be negative | Please correct Taxable Payroll. The value must not be negative. |
28 | Employee Count must not be negative | Please correct Employee Count. The value must not be negative. |
29 | Month 1 Employee Count must be Numeric | Please correct Month 1 Employee Count so it contains only numeric characters. Do not use commas or decimals |
30 | Month 1 Employee Count must not have decimals | Please correct Month 1 Employee Count so it contains only numeric characters. Do not use commas or decimals |
31 | Month 2 Employee Count must be Numeric | Please correct Month 2 Employee Count so it contains only numeric characters. Do not use commas or decimals |
32 | Month 2 Employee Count must not have decimals | Please correct Month 2 Employee Count so it contains only numeric characters. Do not use commas or decimals |
33 | Month 3 Employee Count must be Numeric | Please correct Month 3 Employee Count so it contains only numeric characters. Do not use commas or decimals |
34 | Month 3 Employee Count must not have decimals | Please correct Month 3 Employee Count so it contains only numeric characters. Do not use commas or decimals |
35 | The tax report payment amount is negative. | Please correct Amount Paid. The value must not be negative. |
36 | Tax Report was received with zero payroll on a Closed Account. | This account has been closed and cannot be used for reporting. Please discontinue filing zero payroll reports under this account number. |
37 | Invalid UI Account # - Finance Method Change. | This account number is not valid for Wisconsin UI reporting. Use our Data File Exchange to obtain the correct UI account number for this client |
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 https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uitax/taxreportfilelayout.htm. Information about acceptable wage file formats can be found at https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/ui201/w3201.htm. |
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