Posts by Richard Mitchell19

Sam Wells5 said:Wait, how do you even find the "Notes" field? I tried exporting the XML and opening it, but I couldn't find any "Notes" section anywhere. This is honestly driving me a little crazy. It feels like I'm stuck in a loop. If you wouldn't mind, could you maybe walk me through the steps like I'm five?

Okay, let's say we've got the IRS site open and we just clicked on the VAT forms.
You get the VAT form where there's a menu with buttons on the left, and the data we're sending is on the right.

Here’s what I do.
1. Hit the "Import" button (it warns you it'll wipe the current form—just click "in line").
2. Once that happens, the file path pops up.
3. Click "Browse" and pick the form you already saved as an XML file.
4. Hit "Load"—the form loads right into the IRS system.
5. In the "Notes" field, I just type a dash "-" without any quotes. That Notes field is located
down at the bottom right on the main VAT page (the header), and it's actually the biggest input box in the whole doc.
Right under it is the button to "Convert to VAT-k 2013".

6. After that, hit "Verify" (you should see "Form data is correct" in a green box at the top).
7. Hit "Sign," and a confirmation box will pop up at the bottom that you need to click.
8. Hit "Sign Form"—you should see "Form is signed and cannot be edited" at the top.
9. Hit "Submit."
And that's basically it.
Then the IRS sends back a receipt which I open by hitting "Export," then "download pdf".

Tried sending it again today without that little dash and it totally failed.
Once I followed my steps, it went through perfectly.
I even tried filling out the form manually instead of steps 1-4, but it still wouldn't work without that dash.
No clue why it's being so picky, but it works now.

If anyone else is still fighting with Sales Tax issues
I got this reply via email and it actually works 🙂
"...please try opening the XML file for the form you're submitting in the IRS app, then just type a single dash "-" (a hyphen or minus sign, don't use quotes) into the 'Notes' field."

"If you run into the same error again, just hit us back by replying to this email..."

Henry Edwards33 said:The form works fine; you just can't rely on that dropdown menu. You have to click the actual Sales Tax tile instead.
That dropdown feels like it was designed specifically to trip us up. 🤣

Oh, and one more thing—double-check that your tax amount matches the base amount. I ran into an issue where my numbers didn't align, and the system just kept rejecting the whole filing. Once I fixed the base amount, the form finally cleared and headed off to the IRS. 😳

There’s a Check button.
Every single time, it told me everything was fine—literally showed the message "Form data is correct."
But man, even after that, the error keeps popping up.

I have no clue, especially since everything started out so smooth. All that Sales Tax stuff... I even knocked out a massive pile of Sales Tax filings for February and all those ID forms. Everything went perfectly, then suddenly this happens 😕

Henry Edwards33 said:I finally pushed them through.
The workaround was to manually enter everything, and surprisingly, it worked.
My mistake was clicking that tiny little arrow in the top right corner and selecting the filing period for the entire 2012 fiscal year, when all I actually needed to do was click the standard Sales Tax tile.

Honestly, it felt like playing a game of chance. I kept repeating the same steps over and over; one form would go through without a hitch, while the next one would just fail for no reason. I just kept hammering away at it until it finally gave in. 😳

The weird part is, once you click that tile, the tax filing season defaults to Feb 2013, which makes zero sense.
Even if you pick the 2012 form, the tax filing season stays stuck on Feb 2013. 🙂

And if you hit that button in the bottom right (convert to VAT 2013), the dates
don't even change.
Honestly, looks like their whole VAT form system is just broken.

Carol Ward3 said:Even if I put in a 1, it won't work, since apparently their math doesn't allow for that either. 🙂

Anyway, regardless of the outcome, I ended up just submitting it with a zero...

I sent a zero too.
It makes zero sense to call it a down payment if you're just losing money. He grumbled a bit, but he took it 🙂

But Donald Trump just won't pass.
I tried starting from scratch on their app, but nothing worked. 😠
Sent them an email last week; first they told me I was missing something, but
once I followed up with the forms I submitted through the old app, they totally ghosted me.