CSMS Message: 14-000364

ATTN: ACE ABI Software Developers

Corrected Error Codes which were originally shown as Error Codes 592-595.

ESAR Issue 1051 to improve ACE Entry Summary validation of the Delivered To and Sold To Parties transmitted in the 47 Record will be addressed by Improvement Request 1364. System authentication of the these parties will check for valid formats and also accept if reported as an IRS number without the suffix.

The following Entry Summary edits will move into ACE Certification on 7/2/2014 and ACE Production 7/12/2014.

Error 593 Delivered To Party Format Cannot Be Used

When reporting the line level delivered to party, one of the acceptable formats must be used. If the format of nnnn-nnnnn (old CBP assigned format) is transmitted, this error will result.

Error 594 Delivered To Party Unknown Format

The delivered to party number must be in one of the acceptable formats. If any other formats are used, or if any characters other than alpha or numerics are used, this error will result. Note: encrypted IRS or SSN numbers are not accepted in an AE transaction.

Error 595 Sold To Party Format Cannot Be Used

When reporting the line level sold to party, one of the acceptable formats must be used. If the format of nnnn-nnnnn (old CBP assigned format) is transmitted, this error will result.

Error 596 Sold To Party Unknown Format

The sold to party number must be in one of the acceptable formats. If any other formats are used, or if any characters other than alpha or numerics are used, this error will result. Note: encrypted IRS or SSN numbers are not accepted in an AE transaction.

Definition of accepted formats and additional information for these parties is provided in Entry Summary Filing - Usage Note f) of the ACE ABI CATAIR.

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