Individual Income E-File Guide And Specifications Forms - Virginia Department Of Taxation - 2015 Page 17

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File Structure & Return Packaging
Transmitters can transmit federal and state submissions using Web Services.
A state submission contains XML data and binary attachments.
The state return may also contain a copy of part or all of the taxpayer's federal return. The state determines
what part of the federal return the taxpayer should include in the state submission.
Like a federal submission, the state submission must be zipped into its own file and placed into the container
zip file. This file is then attached to the Send Submissions service request. Federal and state submissions can
be included in the same attachment (container zip file) each in their own zip file.
The state submission or filing under Individual Income e-File is a zipped package. The following diagram
shows the structure of the unzipped return package.
The leading slash, “/” is optional. The submission is accepted with or without it.
Manifest\
 Manifest.xml
(manifest formatted to IRS standards)
XML\
 Submission.xml
(“Submission” is replaced by the unique state submissions id)
Attachment\
 Attachment1.pdf
(PDF files of binary attachments)
 Attachment2.pdf
(etc.)
IRS\
XML\
 Submission.xml
(“Submission” is replaced by the unique state submissions id)
Attachment\
 Attachment1.pdf
(PDF files of binary attachments)
 Attachment2.pdf
(etc.)
A federal or state submission must include the /manifest and /xml archive directories and may include an
optional /attachment directory.
If the submission is a state submission, the same archive directories will contain the state submission manifest,
state submission and PDF documents attached to state submission, respectively.
In addition to these archive directories, a state submission may also include optional /irs/xml and
/irs/attachment archive directories. If present, they contain the federal submission and PDF documents
attached to the federal submission.
See
Appendix C
for an example of a non-XML PDF attachment for a submission.
Individual Income e-File Guide – Tax Year 2015
Rev. 10/26/15
Page 16

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