This rejection usually occurs when you are missing an update.

If you still receive this rejection after you have updated your software, then it may be because of one or more of the following reasons:

Short Liability Periods

If the return is a short liability period, you must paper-file the return or e-file using the prior year's tax software. Currently, the NY DTF determines the tax year counting 12 months prior to the liability period ending date, and it uses that tax year's schema. They are working to change this to always use the beginning date.

 

Invalid NYTPRIN

If the preparer's NYTPRIN is invalid according to NY Schema. NY Schema dictates that the NYPTRIN is 8 digits and cannot begin with zero.

 

New York CT-3

• You may have entered a state abbreviation or other unallowed information in the State or county of Incorporation field. To correct this problem, delete the current entry, and then select a state from the drop-down menu.
• You will receive this rejection if line 41 is less than zero.
• The two-digit state abbreviation in the Preparer Signature area must be in capital letters, or you will receive this rejection.

 

New York CT-3-S

• You may have entered a state abbreviation or other unallowed information in the State or county of Incorporation field. To correct this problem, delete the current entry, and then select a state from the drop-down menu.
• The phone number entered in the Designee's phone number field at the bottom of page 3 may differ from the ERO's phone number. To correct this problem, enter a corresponding phone number in the Designee's phone number field.
• The amount on page 2, line 22 may be negative. This line must be zero or positive.

 

New York CT-5

• You may have entered an invalid date in the Date paid column on line 12. To correct this problem, enter a date using the MM/DD/YY format.

New York CT-34-SH

• You may have entered data on this form for Shareholder residency status or Shareholder Entity status without any other data, such as shareholder name, ID number, or address. To correct this problem, either enter the rest of the necessary information, or remove any unnecessary information from these fields.
• You may not have entered a capital letter in the Shareholder Entity Status column on page 3.

New York CT-222

• The amount on Page 4, Line 90 should not be negative. This line must be zero or a positive amount. Override Line 90, Column B, C, and D to 0.

New York IT-204

• You may have overridden amounts on the All Partner Detail worksheet. To correct this amount, restore these fields.
• On page 1, the Designee PIN must be 5 alphanumeric characters.

 

New York IT-204-LL

• The amount on line 4 may be negative. This line must be zero or positive.
• The Address field may contain more than thirty characters. To correct this problem, trim the Address field to thirty characters, and enter the remaining characters in the Care of Addressee or Address Continuation field of the Taxpayer Information section.

Additional Information

Para obtener la versión en español de este artículo de Knowledge Base, haga clic aquí: Rechazo de e-file: "NY 04074 - CT ELF Schema Validation Failure - Invalid Schema" en una declaración de impuestos de Nueva York en ATX™ o TaxWise®.