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Audit Error Code

Error Type

Error Information

FA-001

Fatal 

Please enter a valid phone number.

FA-002

Fatal 

Invalid zip code in the taxpayer's address.

FA-003

Fatal 

The zip code {0} is not a valid zip code for {1}

FA-004

Fatal 

Please enter a valid EIN.

FA-005

Fatal 

Please select the country.

FA-006

Fatal 

Please select the state.

FA-007

Warning

If you have selected "Form 1138 - Extension of Time for Payment of Taxes" in the IRS payment option, the system doesn’t support e-filing. However, you can paper file the return.

FA-008

Fatal 

If you choose the calendar tax year, it cannot be a short tax year.

FA-009

Fatal 

Incomplete Step 2: Form 7004 details.

FA-011

Fatal 

Please select a form for an extension.

FA-053

Fatal 

Please select a payment option on the IRS Payment page.

FA-054

Fatal 

The due date for the current tax year is already over. For example, if you are applying for an extension for corporations (all types) and your tax period end date is December 31, 2020 (calendar tax year), the IRS might reject your extension filed after March 15, 2021.

BIZ-021

BizVal

The taxpayer EIN must not be the same as an EIN of a previously accepted electronic return for the return type, tax period, and type of return code indicated for the tax return type. This mostly occurs when tax professionals copy and paste client businesses.

FA-072

Fatal 

Please enter the account number.

FA-073

Fatal 

Please enter the RTN.

FA-074

Fatal 

Please enter the payment date.

FA-088

Fatal 

Duplicate filing.

FA-093

Fatal 

Please select the form to extend.