Sales & Use Tax File Transmission v2.0 January 2008
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 (no pre-registration required)
- incorporating work done by the IRS and the Federation of Tax Administrators standards group
Links below provide information about this new process. To correctly view the schema and sample instance document you will need to use Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher.
- Return schema (XSD format)
- Return 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
The System Is Not Currently Available. It will be available for testing on October 19, 2007.
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Last updated October 4, 2007