| Title: | CORRECTION TO RECONCILIATION FEE PROBLEM |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2000-04-06 |
| To: | abi |
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TO: ALL ABI FILERS
FROM: OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
SUBJECT: UPDATES TO RECONCILIATION PROGRAMMING - FEE ERRORS
BACKGROUND: THE INCEPTION OF THE RECONCILIATION (ENTRY TYPE 09)
PROGRAM HAS REQUIRED A MAJOR NUMBER OF PROGRAM CHANGES, SOME
OF WHICH HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO GENERATE ERRONEOUS RESPONSES. THE
VERIFICATION AND CORRECTION OF RECONCILIATION PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS
IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR CUSTOMS.
ONE RECENT PROBLEM RELATES TO THE (ERRONEOUS) ABI REJECTION OF SOME
OTHERWISE VALID RECONCILIATION ENTRIES. THE REJECT MESSAGE STATES
"FEE CODE INVALID FOR ENTRY" (ERROR MESSAGE CODE 'BRL'). THE MESSAGE
MAY IDENTIFY ONE OR MORE IMPORT ENTRIES THAT ARE, IN FACT, CORRECT
IN REFLECTING THE ACTUAL PAYMENT OF ONE OR MORE FEE TYPES.
ACTION: EFFECTIVE APR 5, 2000, THE ABOVE CITED EDIT ERROR HAS BEEN
REMEDIED AND SHOULD NO LONGER BE GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO OTHERWISE
VALID RECONCILIATION ENTRY TRANSMISSIONS.
FILERS WHO RECEIVE THE 'BRL' MESSAGE AS OF APRIL 5, 2000, SHOULD
CONTACT THEIR ABI REPRESENTATIVE FOR A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER
THE MESSAGE HAS CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED A FEE ERROR SITUATION.
QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MESSAGE MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE FILER'S
ASSIGNED ABI CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.