1095 XML File: Address Error and Solution

Step 1: Error description

ERROR (Line 21): The 'urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:ext:aca:air:7.0:AddressLine1Txt' element is invalid - The value 'Forest Spring road #1523' is invalid according to its datatype 'urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:ext:aca:air:7.0:StreetAddressType' - The Pattern constraint failed.

Step 2: Reason

IRS does to accept the special character(s) for address field.

Step 3: Solution:

Please use letter and number only for address field. You can fix this error by changing 'Forest Spring road #1523' to 'Forest Spring road Apt 1523' or 'Forest Spring road Ste 1523'

1). Find the 1095 form

How to read XML file data by line number with NOTEPAD application
https://www.halfpricesoft.com/aca-1095/find_aca_XML_error_by_line_number.asp

2). After you fixed the error(s), you MUST generate the XML files with ez1095 software again. Please DO NOT modify XML documents manually!!!

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