Sales & Use Tax eFile Transmission
Fond du Lac County Sales Tax goes into effect April 2010 - Updated schema available below
IAT Statement for EFT Debit payments is also added to the Remittance portion of the schema
Wisconsin Sales & Use Tax registrants and/or their representatives are now able to transmit Sales and Use Tax (Form ST-12) return data in an electronic file over the Internet. This is a process intended for participants who have technical expertise to create and validate an XML document or are using software that provides that service for you. The Sales & Use Tax File Transmission is:
- a secure process for receiving formatted electronic transmissions of sales tax returns
- in XML language using a Department of Revenue web server
- offering a web GUI and scripted transmission methods
- allowing one return per XML file
- allowing multiple XML files zipped together for one transmission
- not using SOAP or MIME enveloping processes
- HTML based over SSL using 128 bit encryption
- sending acknowledgements within one business day
- available using the Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) debit and credit payment process
- incorporating work done by the IRS and the Federation of Tax Administrators standards group
Caution: Neither Adobe or Microsoft Excel generate the XML in the proper format. You cannot use either of these products to file a Sales Tax Return. We also do not accept PDF files.
Receipt Number: Immediately upon transfer you will receive a Receipt Number. This receipt number only means that we have received some kind of file, it does not mean that your return has been accepted. Keep this number for your records.
Acknowledgement and Confirmation Number or Reject Error Message: Within a few minutes you should ALSO receive an email (to the address you supplied in the return) telling you whether the return was accepted, or if it was rejected, the reasons why it was rejected. If the return was accepted, the email will contain the Confirmation Number. If you do not receive the email within 24 hours, please contact the department with your receipt number!
Links below provide information about this process. To correctly view the schema and sample instance document you will need to use Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher. The spreadsheet below is in Excel.
- Return schema V2.1 (XSD format)
- Return schema V2.2 Effective April 2010 (XSD format)
- Acknowledgment schema (XSD format)
- Summary of the Return schema (Excel format)
- Summary of the Acknowledgement schema (Excel format)
- Sample return (Instance document) (XML format)
- Sample Acknowledgement - Accepted (XML format)
- Sample Acknlowlegement - Rejected (XML format)
- Sample script and instructions (ZIP file)
- Additional detail information of schema elements
- Changes made to XML schema
General Information
- Publication 129 -- Sales & Use Tax File Transmission Handbook
- FAQs
- Form ST-12 | Instructions
- Download MS XML Parser 4.0 from the download center
- Sales and Use Tax Reports
- Sales and Use Tax Electronic Mailing List
Vendor Information
- Sales & Use Tax E-filing and Payment Software - Third party software
- Offer of Agreement for Software Vendors
This system is for authorized users only; system access is monitored. By using this system you expressly consent to this monitoring. Evidence of unauthorized access will be provided to the appropriate law enforcement agencies.
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Last updated January 20, 2010