Section 12 — Publication 5258 — Guide for Affordable Care

Instead of a response SOAP message, IRS may send a SOAP fault message to the transmitter if request SOAP message has a fatal error. This section describes conditions that will result in SOAP fault.

1. When the transmission through the UI or A2A transmission channel is rejected in IRS portal, there are indications that there is an error in the message pertaining to things like the SOAP envelope (Headers or Body), certain rules pertaining to the SOAP message have not been followed (such as the Form Data File exceeds the 100 MB file size constraint), the WS-Security elements are incorrect, potential XML threats have been detected either in the message or the MTOM attachment, and other possible problems.

2. A triggered SOAP fault, with a description, will be displayed on the page as applicable. The blue Download button, normally used to retrieve the error data file for the UI channel user, will not be available in this situation.

12.1 | ISS-Portal Error Codes and Messages

The error codes and messages included in Table 12-1 provide information that would be returned from IRS to the Transmitter in the event a transmission is rejected before it can be transmitted to AIR. These error codes are specifically prefixed with “TPE” to identify that the transmission was rejected before it got to AIR.

In the event a Transmitter receives one of the fault codes included in the following table, they must address the cause of the rejection and resubmit the transmission.

Table 12-1: Portal Error Codes (Fault Codes) for Tax Years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026

Service Fault Code Reason Channel ISS Fault Message Leg

TPE1001	Request	Message Delivery Failure	A2A	We are experiencing a technical issue. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
TPE1001	Request	Message Delivery Failure	UI	We are experiencing a technical issue [Error Code 6052]. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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SOAP Fault Response Messages

Fault Code	Service Leg	Reason	Channel	ISS Fault Message
TPE1101	Request	Invalid/Incorrect Namespace	A2A UI	Our system detected invalid or outdated XML namespaces in your message. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3 of Publication 5258, AIR Submission Composition and Reference Guide, located athttps://www.irs.gov/e- fle-providers/air/affordable-care- act-information-returns-schemas, correct any issues, and try again.
TPE1101	Request	Invalid/Incorrect Namespace	A2A UI	[TPE1101] Our system detected invalid or outdated XML namespaces in the Manifest fle. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3 of Publication 5258, AIR Submission Composition and Reference Guide, correct any issues on the Manifest fle, and try again.
TPE1102	Request	Service Window Closed	A2A UI	The requested service is not available at this time. Please resubmit during normal operation hours.
TPE1102	Request	Service Window Closed	A2A UI	*Error not applicable to ISS-UI
TPE1104	Request	Request is not compliant	A2A UI	The request is not compliant with web service policy requirements. Please review the transmission instructions outlined in Section 5. Correct any issues and try again.
TPE1104	Request	Request is not compliant	A2A UI	We are experiencing a technical issue [Error Code 6064]. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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SOAP Fault Response Messages

Fault Code	Service Leg	Reason	Channel	ISS Fault Message
TPE1105	Request	XML is not well formed	A2A	The message was not formatted properly and/or cannot be interpreted. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3 (fore.g. Incorrect namespace in the Manifest elements). Correct any issues and try again.
TPE1105	Request	XML is not well formed	UI	[TPE1105] Our system has detected a potential threat in the Manifest fle you are attempting to transmit, and it cannot be transmitted. This may be due to malformed XML. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues on the Manifest fle and try again.
TPE1106	Request	SOAP message does not conform to WSDL	A2A	The message did not match our current WSDL and/or schema. Please see the FaultDetails information below for the particular element(s) our system has detected a potential issue with. Please review the WSDLs and published schemas located athttps:// www.irs.gov/e-fle-providers/air/ affordable-care-act-information- returns-schemas, correct any issues, and try again. Note: Invalid schema pattern or leading and trailing spaces are not allowed, will result into TPE1106 error.
TPE1106	Request	SOAP message does not conform to WSDL	UI	[TPE1106] The manifest fle does not match our current schema. In particular, our system has detected a potential issue with the following element(s): , , , and others. Please review the published schemas located herehttps://www.irs.gov/e-fle- providers/air/affordable-care-act- information-returns-schemas, correct any issues and try again.

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SOAP Fault Response Messages

Fault Code	Service Leg	Reason	Channel	ISS Fault Message
TPE1107	Request	Message exceeds maximum size limit of 100MB	A2A	Request message exceeds the maximum size limit. Please review the XML fle standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues with the request and try again.
TPE1107	Request	Message exceeds maximum size limit of 100MB	UI	[TPE1107] The Form fle exceeds the 100MB size limit. Please review the XML fle standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues with the request and try again.
TPE1108	Request	Potential security threat	A2A	Our system has detected a potential threat in the transmission and it cannot be transmitted. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues and try again.
TPE1108	Request	Potential security threat	UI	[TPE1108] Our system has detected a potential threat in the Manifest fle and it cannot be transmitted. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues on the Manifest fle and try again.
TPE1109	Request	Potential security threat	UI	[TPE1109] Our system has detected a potential threat in the Manifest fle and it cannot be transmitted. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues on the Manifest fle and try again.
TPE1109	Request	Potential security threat	A2A	Our system has detected a potential threat in the transmission and it cannot be transmitted. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues and try again.

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SOAP Fault Response Messages

Fault Code	Service Leg	Reason	Channel	ISS Fault Message
TPE1110	Request	Potential security threat	A2A	Our system has detected a potential threat in the transmission and it cannot be transmitted. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues and try again.
TPE1110	Request	Potential security threat	UI	[TPE1110] Our system has detected a potential threat in the Manifest fle and it cannot be transmitted. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues on the Manifest fle and try again.
TPE1112	Request	HTTP Compression Failure	A2A	The request message must be sent using HTTP compression (RFC 1952 - GZIP). Please review the transmission instructions outlined in Section 5. Correct any issues and try again.
TPE1112	Request	HTTP Compression Failure	UI	*Error not applicable to ISS-UI
TPE1114	Request	Message not MTOM encoded	A2A	The request message must be MTOM encoded. Please review the transmission instructions outlined in Section 5. Correct any issues and try again.
TPE1114	Request	Message not MTOM encoded	UI	*Error not applicable to ISS-UI
TPE1115	Request	Unable to decode MTOM encoded request message	A2A	We are experiencing a technical issue. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
TPE1115	Request	Unable to decode MTOM encoded request message	UI	*Error not applicable to ISS-UI
TPE1118	Request	Manifest fle UF8BOM Encoded	A2A	*Error not applicable to ISS-A2A
TPE1118	Request	Manifest fle UF8BOM Encoded	UI	[TPE1118] Our system has detected UTF-8 BOM encoding in the Manifest fle and cannot be interpreted. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 10. Correct any issues and try again.

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SOAP Fault Response Messages

Fault Code	Service Leg	Reason	Channel	ISS Fault Message
TPE1122	Request	Invalid WS Security Signature (Keystore, Password)	A2A	Our system identifed an issue with the WS-Security Header in your message. Please review the WS-Security instructions outlined in Section 5 of Publication 5258, AIR Submission Composition and Reference Guide, located athttps://www.irs.gov/e- fle-providers/air/affordable-care- act-information-returns-schemas, correct any issues, and try again
TPE1122	Request	Invalid WS Security Signature (Keystore, Password)	UI	*Error not applicable to ISS-UI
TPE1123	Request	Invalid Digital Signature (Signed Parts)	A2A	Our system identifed an issue with one or more signed parts in your message. Please review the WS- Security instructions outlined in Section 5 of Publication 5258, AIR Submission Composition and Reference Guide, located athttps:// www.irs.gov/e-fle-providers/air/ affordable-care-act-information- returns-schemas, correct any issues, and try again.
TPE1123	Request	Invalid Digital Signature (Signed Parts)	UI	*Error not applicable to ISS-UI
TPE1126	Request	Internal Authentication Failure	A2A	We are experiencing a technical issue. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
TPE1126	Request	Internal Authentication Failure	UI	We are experiencing a technical issue [Error Code 6064]. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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SOAP Fault Response Messages

Fault Code	Service Leg	Reason	Channel	ISS Fault Message
TPE1127	Request	Missing credentials in HTTP request	A2A	Message not formatted properly and is missing HTTP credentials. Please check message and try again.
TPE1127	Request	Missing credentials in HTTP request	UI	We are experiencing a technical issue [Error Code 6064]. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
TPE1128	Request	Authentication Failure	A2A	We were unable to authenticate your credentials. Please review the information about digital certifcates included in Section 5. Ensure that the credentials are valid and try again.
TPE1128	Request	Authentication Failure	UI	We are experiencing a technical issue [Error Code 6064]. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
TPE1129	Request	Authorization Failure	A2A	We were unable to authorize your credentials. Please review the information about digital certifcates included in Section 5. Ensure that the credentials are valid and try again.
TPE1129	Request	Authorization Failure	UI	We are experiencing a technical issue [Error Code 6064]. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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SOAP Fault Response Messages

Fault Code	Service Leg	Reason	Channel	ISS Fault Message
TPE1130	Request	Request contains Invalid Test File Code value	A2A	Our system has detected an error with the Test File Code. Please check the message and try again. Please note that the Test File Code value of 'T' is used for AATS transmissions and the Test File Code value of 'P' is used for transmissions intended for IRS compliance processing.
TPE1130	Request	Request contains Invalid Test File Code value	UI	[TPE1130] Our system has detected an error with the Test File Code of your Manifest fle. Please check the fle and try again. Please note that the Test File Code value of 'T' is used for AATS transmissions and the Test File Code value of 'P' is used for transmissions intended for IRS compliance processing.
TPE1131	Request	Request message UTID is either missing or invalid	A2A	Our system has detected an error with the Unique Transmission ID. Please review the UTID format outlined in Section 5 of Publication 5258, AIR Submission Composition and Reference Guide, located athttps://www.irs.gov/e-fle- providers/air/affordable-care-act- information-returns-schemas, correct any issues, and try again.
TPE1131	Request	Request message UTID is either missing or invalid	UI	[TPE1131] Our system has detected an error with the Unique Transmission ID of your Manifest fle. Please review the UTID format outlined in Section 5. Correct any issues on the Manifest fle and try again.

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SOAP Fault Response Messages

Service Fault Code Reason Channel ISS Fault Message Leg

TPE1132	Request		A2A	Our system detected an error while validating “ChecksumAugmentationNum” value in your transmission against the calculated value of the form data file attachment. Please review Publication 5258, Section 3.4.3, Computing Checksum, linked to the AIR Program page on IRS. gov, https://www.irs.gov/e-file- providers/air/affordable-care-act- information-returns-schemas, correct the checksum value and retransmit.
TPE1132	Request		UI	[TPE1132] Our system detected an error while validating the “ChecksumAugmentationNum” value in your manifest fle against the calculated value of the form data fle. Please review Publication 5258, Section 3.4.3, Computing Checksum. Correct the checksum value and retransmit.
TPE1133	Request	Unable to extract UserId from Manifest	A2A	Our system has detected an error with the UserId feld of the ACASecurityHeader. Please verify that your A2A Client Application System ID (ASID) is included in the UserId feld. For more information, please review the UserId guidelines outlined in Section 5. of Publication 5258, AIR Submission Composition and Reference Guide, located athttps://www.irs.gov/e-fle- providers/air/affordable-care-act- information-returns-schemas, correct any issues, and try again.
TPE1133	Request	Unable to extract UserId from Manifest	UI	*Error not applicable to ISS-UI

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SOAP Fault Response Messages

Fault Code	Service Leg	Reason	Channel	ISS Fault Message
TPE1134	Request	Unauthorize d request	A2A	*Error not applicable to A2A
TPE1134	Request	Unauthorize d request	UI	403 Static Error Page
TPE1135	Request	Unauthorized request	A2A	*Error not applicable to A2A
TPE1135	Request	Unauthorized request	UI	[TPE1135] Our system has detected an issue with your request. Please return to the homepage and try again.
TPE1136	Request		A2A	*Error not applicable to A2A
TPE1136	Request		UI	[TPE1136] Our system has detected an issue with your request. Please return to the homepage and try again.
TPE1137	Request	Unauthorized request	A2A	*Error not applicable to A2A
TPE1137	Request	Unauthorized request	UI	[TPE1137] Our system has detected an issue with your request. Please return to the homepage and try again.
TPE1138	Request	Unauthorized request	A2A	*Error not applicable to A2A
TPE1138	Request	Unauthorized request	UI	[TPE1138] Our system has detected an issue with your request. Please return to the homepage and try again.
TPE1139	Request	Unable to process provided certifcate	A2A	[TPE1139] Our system has detected an issue with the transmission's certifcate. Please check the request and try again.
TPE1139	Request	Unable to process provided certifcate	UI	*Error not applicable to ISS-UI
TPE1141	Request	Invalid request	A2A	*Error not applicable to A2A
TPE1141	Request	Invalid request	UI	[TPE1141] Oursystem has detected an issue with your request. Please return to the homepage and try again.

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SOAP Fault Response Messages

Fault Code	Service Leg	Reason	Channel	ISS Fault Message
TPE1201	Request	Attachment is malformed	A2A	The attachment was not formatted properly and/or cannot be interpreted. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues and try again.
TPE1201	Request	Attachment is malformed	UI	[TPE1201] Our system has detected a potential threat in the Form fle and it cannot be transmitted. This may be due to malformed XML. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues on the Form fle and try again.
TPE1203	Request	Potential security threat in attachment	A2A	Our system has detected a potential threat in the request message attachment. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues and try again.
TPE1203	Request	Potential security threat in attachment	UI	[TPE1203] Our system has detected a potential threat in the Form fle and it cannot be transmitted. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues on the Form fle and try again.
TPE1204	Request	Potential security threat in attachment	A2A	Our system has detected a potential threat in the request message attachment. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues and try again.
TPE1204	Request	Potential security threat in attachment	UI	[TPE1204] Our system has detected a potential threat in the Form fle and it cannot be transmitted. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues on the Form fle and try again.

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SOAP Fault Response Messages

Fault Code	Service Leg	Reason	Channel	ISS Fault Message
TPE1205	Request	Potential security threat in attachment	A2A	Our system has detected a potential threat in the request message attachment. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues and try again.
TPE1205	Request	Potential security threat in attachment	UI	[TPE1205] Our system has detected a potential threat in the Form fle and it cannot be transmitted. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 3. Correct any issues on the Form fle and try again.
TPE1206	Request	Extra attachment(s)	A2A	The request message contains more than one attachment. Please review the transmission instructions outlined in Section 5 and resubmit with only one attachment.
TPE1206	Request	Extra attachment(s)	UI	*Error not applicable to ISS-UI
TPE1207	Request	Missing attachment(s)	A2A	The request message is missing an attachment. Please review the transmission instructions outlined in Section 5. Add an attachment to the request and resubmit.
TPE1207	Request	Missing attachment(s)	UI	We are experiencing a technical issue [Error Code 6064]. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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SOAP Fault Response Messages

Fault Code	Service Leg	Reason	Channel	ISS Fault Message
TPE1208	Request	Failure UTF8-BOM Encoded in Attachment	A2A	Our system has detected UTF-8 BOM encoding in the Form fle and cannot be interpreted. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 10. Correct any issues and try again.
TPE1208	Request	Failure UTF8-BOM Encoded in Attachment	UI	[TPE1208] Our system has detected UTF-8 BOM encoding in the Form fle and cannot be interpreted. Please review the XML standards outlined in Section 10. Correct any issues on the Form fle and try again.
TPE2001	Response	Consumer is unreachable	A2A	Unable to deliver response message to service consumer.
TPE2001	Response	Consumer is unreachable	UI	*Error not applicable to ISS-UI
TPE2111	Response	Unable to parse Receipt ID from Receipt message using xPath	A2A	Parse Receipt ID from Response message using XPath.
TPE2111	Response	Unable to parse Receipt ID from Receipt message using xPath	UI	We are experiencing a technical issue with the receipt [Error Code 6064]. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
TPE2112	Response	Unable to parse timestamp from Receipt message using xPath	A2A	Parse Timestamp from Response Message using XPath.
TPE2112	Response	Unable to parse timestamp from Receipt message using xPath	UI	We are experiencing a technical issue with the receipt [Error Code 6064]. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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SOAP Fault Response Messages

Fault Code	Service Leg	Reason	Channel	ISS Fault Message
TPE2113	Response	Unable to parse UTID from Receipt message using xPath	A2A	Parse UTID from Response Message using XPath.
TPE2113	Response	Unable to parse UTID from Receipt message using xPath	UI	We are experiencing a technical issue with the receipt [Error Code 6064]. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
TPE2114	Response	Unable to parse Error Code from Receipt message using xPath	A2A	Parse Error Code from Response Message using XPath.
TPE2114	Response	Unable to parse Error Code from Receipt message using xPath	UI	We are experiencing a technical issue with the receipt [Error Code 6064]. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
TPE2115	Response	Unable to parse Error Message from Receipt message using xPath	A2A	Parse Error Message from Response Message using XPath.
TPE2115	Response	Unable to parse Error Message from Receipt message using xPath	UI	We are experiencing a technical issue with the receipt [Error Code 6064]. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
TPE2201	Response	There is an excess number of attachments in the response	A2A	We are experiencing a technical issue. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.
TPE2201	Response	There is an excess number of attachments in the response	UI	We are experiencing a technical issue with the receipt [Error Code 6064]. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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SOAP Fault Response Messages

Service Fault Code Reason Channel ISS Fault Message Leg

We are experiencing a technical issue. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.

We are experiencing a technical issue with the receipt [Error Code 6064]. Please try your request again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.

A2A

TPE2202 Response

The attachment in the response exceeded maximum size limit

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SOAP Fault Response Messages