Combat Zone Electronic Filing: IRS rejection 1068

Make sure that the Combat Zone is entered in the Special Processing entry of the Taxpayer Information section near the top of the Main Information Sheet. Anytime that Form W-2 has a code Q in Box 12, this field should be completed.

Some of the valid combat zones are listed on the Main Info form. If the relevant combat zone is not listed, you can use Combat Zone or Combat Zone YYYYMMDD (where YYYYMMDD is the date of deployment). You cannot put anything in this field that is not listed as an option, and it must be entered exactly as shown.

 

If you are receiving a diagnostic or e-file validation error referencing the combat zone date, make sure that you have not entered any incomplete information for the combat zone date. If you see the field is empty and there are only "/"s, remove these and the error should resolve.

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Tax information for members of the U.S. Armed Forces