Finding an XML file of an IRS AIR example for use on the ISS-UI AATS 2016 website

Question

I tried the official copy listed in the reference guide for presentation and composition, with no luck (below):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <p:ACAUIBusinessHeader xmlns:p="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:msg:acauibusinessheader" xmlns:acaBusHeader="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:msg:acabusinessheader" xmlns="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:ext:aca:air:7.0" xmlns:irs="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:common" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurityutility-1.0.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:msg:acauibusinessheader IRSACAUserInterfaceHeaderMessage.xsd"> <acaBusHeader:ACABusinessHeader> <UniqueTransmissionId>token</UniqueTransmissionId> <irs:Timestamp>2016-12-31T12:00:00</irs:Timestamp> </acaBusHeader:ACABusinessHeader> <ACATransmitterManifestReqDtl> <PaymentYr>2015</PaymentYr> <PriorYearDataInd>0</PriorYearDataInd> <irs:EIN>EIN</irs:EIN> <TransmissionTypeCd>O</TransmissionTypeCd> <TestFileCd>TestFileCd</TestFileCd> <OriginalReceiptId>OriginalReceiptId</OriginalReceiptId> <TransmitterForeignEntityInd>0</TransmitterForeignEntityInd> <TransmitterNameGrp> <BusinessNameLine1Txt>BusinessNameLine1Txt</BusinessNameLine1Txt> <BusinessNameLine2Txt>BusinessNameLine2Txt</BusinessNameLine2Txt> </TransmitterNameGrp> <CompanyInformationGrp> <CompanyNm>CompanyNm</CompanyNm> <MailingAddressGrp> <USAddressGrp> <AddressLine1Txt>AddressLine1Txt</AddressLine1Txt> <AddressLine2Txt>AddressLine2Txt</AddressLine2Txt> <irs:CityNm>CityNm</irs:CityNm> <USStateCd>AL</USStateCd> <irs:USZIPCd>USZIPCd</irs:USZIPCd> <irs:USZIPExtensionCd>USZIPExtensionCd</irs:USZIPExtensionCd> </USAddressGrp> </MailingAddressGrp> <ContactNameGrp> <irs:PersonFirstNm>PersonFirstNm</irs:PersonFirstNm> <irs:PersonMiddleNm>PersonMiddleNm</irs:PersonMiddleNm> <irs:PersonLastNm>PersonLastNm</irs:PersonLastNm> <irs:SuffixNm>SuffixNm</irs:SuffixNm> </ContactNameGrp> <ContactPhoneNum>ContactPhoneNum</ContactPhoneNum> </CompanyInformationGrp> <VendorInformationGrp> <VendorCd>VendorCd</VendorCd> <ContactNameGrp> <irs:PersonFirstNm>PersonFirstNm</irs:PersonFirstNm> <irs:PersonMiddleNm>PersonMiddleNm</irs:PersonMiddleNm> <irs:PersonLastNm>PersonLastNm</irs:PersonLastNm> <irs:SuffixNm>SuffixNm</irs:SuffixNm> </ContactNameGrp> <ContactPhoneNum>ContactPhoneNum</ContactPhoneNum> </VendorInformationGrp> <TotalPayeeRecordCnt>0</TotalPayeeRecordCnt> <TotalPayerRecordCnt>1</TotalPayerRecordCnt> <SoftwareId>SoftwareId</SoftwareId> <FormTypeCd>1094/1095B</FormTypeCd> <irs:BinaryFormatCd>application/xml</irs:BinaryFormatCd> <irs:ChecksumAugmentationNum>ChecksumAugmentationNum</irs:ChecksumAugmentationNum> <irs:AttachmentByteSizeNum>0</irs:AttachmentByteSizeNum> <DocumentSystemFileNm>DocumentSystemFileNm</DocumentSystemFileNm> </ACATransmitterManifestReqDtl> </p:ACAUIBusinessHeader> 

Of course, when you add your own information and submit it to the ISS-UI AATS 2016 website, it simply says:

 1 error has occurred. See below for more information. If the problem continues, please contact us. Our system has detected a potential threat in the file you are attempting to transmit and it can not be transmitted. Please check the file and try again. 

After starting the sample file with XSD, it shows that the timestamp format is incorrect (at the end it needs “Z”) and the prefixes on “ irs:PersonFirstNm ”, “ irs:PersonLastNm ”, “ irs:PersonMiddleNm 'should not be.

After I changed this, the file successfully passed the XSD check, but the same error is displayed:

 1 error has occurred. See below for more information. If the problem continues, please contact us. Our system has detected a potential threat in the file you are attempting to transmit and it can not be transmitted. Please check the file and try again. 

Is there anyone currently working against the IRS AIR ACA system, and does anyone have an instance of the manifest file that they submitted in what they know? I pinged the IRS help desk for more information, but they take 7 business days to get back to you.

Answer 1

Update

2016 Version of test scripts published here:

https://blog.boomtax.com/2016-irs-air-test-scenario-xml-iss-ui/

2015 AATS Test Script Version

https://blog.boomtax.com/irs-air-test-scenario-xml-sample-files/

Answer 2

Ken

I am working on software for forms 1094 / 1095C and just got my script 3 (3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3). I sent an IRS email on Friday regarding their regular expression pattern for UniqueTransmissionId. I'm not sure if they fixed the template in their schema, but I had the same error as last week. My manifest file still does not validate the published XSD. However, today I managed to get through this error, and the manifest file and form file were accepted through the user interface channel.

Here is a manifest file without my personal information.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <p:ACAUIBusinessHeader xmlns:p="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:msg:acauibusinessheader" xmlns:acaBusHeader="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:msg:acabusinessheader" xmlns="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:ext:aca:air:7.0" xmlns:irs="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:common" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:msg:acauibusinessheader IRS-ACAUserInterfaceHeaderMessage.xsd "> <acaBusHeader:ACABusinessHeader> <UniqueTransmissionId>719f5624-e78c-487e-a6ce-1686e9ff3f35:SYS12:AAAAA::T</UniqueTransmissionId> <irs:Timestamp>2015-12-14T20:54:42Z</irs:Timestamp> </acaBusHeader:ACABusinessHeader> <ACATransmitterManifestReqDtl> <PaymentYr>2016</PaymentYr> <PriorYearDataInd>0</PriorYearDataInd> <irs:EIN>10digitEIN</irs:EIN> <TransmissionTypeCd>O</TransmissionTypeCd> <TestFileCd>T</TestFileCd> <TransmitterForeignEntityInd>0</TransmitterForeignEntityInd> <TransmitterNameGrp> <BusinessNameLine1Txt>Your Company Name</BusinessNameLine1Txt> </TransmitterNameGrp> <CompanyInformationGrp> <CompanyNm>YOUR COMPANY NAME</CompanyNm> <MailingAddressGrp> <USAddressGrp> <AddressLine1Txt>YOUR ADDRESS</AddressLine1Txt> <irs:CityNm>HOUSTON</irs:CityNm> <USStateCd>TX</USStateCd> <irs:USZIPCd>12345</irs:USZIPCd> </USAddressGrp> </MailingAddressGrp> <ContactNameGrp> <PersonFirstNm>YourFirstName</PersonFirstNm> <PersonMiddleNm>MiddleI</PersonMiddleNm> <PersonLastNm>YourLastName</PersonLastNm> </ContactNameGrp> <ContactPhoneNum>YourPhone</ContactPhoneNum> </CompanyInformationGrp> <VendorInformationGrp> <VendorCd>V</VendorCd> <ContactNameGrp> <PersonFirstNm>YourFirstName</PersonFirstNm> <PersonMiddleNm>MiddleI</PersonMiddleNm> <PersonLastNm>YourLastName</PersonLastNm> </ContactNameGrp> <ContactPhoneNum>YourPhone</ContactPhoneNum> </VendorInformationGrp> <TotalPayeeRecordCnt>3</TotalPayeeRecordCnt> <TotalPayerRecordCnt>1</TotalPayerRecordCnt> <SoftwareId>YourSoftwareId</SoftwareId> <FormTypeCd>1094/1095C</FormTypeCd> <irs:BinaryFormatCd>application/xml</irs:BinaryFormatCd> <irs:ChecksumAugmentationNum>e074db4e92ffddeac8d93a686a2a0e1d</irs:ChecksumAugmentationNum> <irs:AttachmentByteSizeNum>13275</irs:AttachmentByteSizeNum> <DocumentSystemFileNm>1094C_Request_AAAAA_20151214T205442000Z.xml</DocumentSystemFileNm> </ACATransmitterManifestReqDtl> </p:ACAUIBusinessHeader> 

I am new to posting here (my first answer was actually deleted by the moderators), so please bear with me when I try to post correctly.