“List Index Out of Bounds” When Creating E-Files

If you come across this error when attempting to create E-files in the UltimateTax program, please follow these steps to resolve the issue:

1. Right-click the UltimateTax icon on the desktop.
2. Left click Open File Location.
3. Right-click the YY (where YY is the year of UltimateTax, i.e., 17 for 2017) file, and then select Open With.   
4. In the Open With window, select Notepad.
5. When the file opens, if it is blank, you can close the Notepad window and right-click the SubmissionID.YY file in Windows Explorer, select Delete and then click Yes to confirm. (If it is not blank, you can proceed with steps 6-8, but the process may not solve the problem.)
6. Open UltimateTax and, on the Tools menu, select Utilities/Setup Options.
7. On the Setup menu of the Utility program, select Setup Options.
8. On the General tab, set a starting number for the Submission ID. Enter a number that had not previously been used. For example, if you have not prepared more than 1000 returns yet, if you started at the number 1, enter 1000.
9. Click Next on each screen until you can click Finish.