How to Verify Your EFILE with an XML Validating Parser

You're almost at the finish line!

You finally managed to get the efile to generate and you’ve got your .XML file ready.

Before submitting the file, CRA recommends that you verify it with an XML validating parser.  How do I do that? Here’s some basic links and information to get you through this technical maze!

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As to running the parser on the XML file - here are some basic tips:

1. Download and install Parser.
2. Download CRA schema and extract.   Move the .XML file generated from Sage Accpac into the same directory as the CRA schema.  You want all the .XSD files from CRA and the .XML file from Accpac in the same place.
3. Open the Accpac XML file using the XML Parser.
4. If everything is in the right place, you shouldn’t see any errors and you should see a statement declaring that this is a valid file.
5. If errors are displayed, make any required corrections in your accpac data and then re-generate the XML file, and parse again.
6. Once file is valid - upload XML file to the CRA using your web access codes.

That’s it!

Congratulations – you’ve done it!  … or maybe not? 

If you want some more assistance, please give BAASS Business Solutions a call – 1-888-650-5544 or email support@baass.com, and we will be glad to work through this with you.