Submissions are not processed in the 1040 MeF Assurance Testing System (ATS) in the exact manner that they are processed in the Production (live returns) System. In order to mimic the responses States will receive from IRS for state submissions in Production, the following values are set in ATS for the 1040 MeF Program: IRS data for state submissions in the 1040 MeF program Range of Last 2 digits of test SSN SSN Validation Status ITIN Mismatch Indicator Imperfect Return Indicator 98-00 01-07 Found Match M E 08-13 Found Match M not present 14-19 Found Match not present E 20-25 Found Match not present not present 26-31 Found No Match M E 32-37 Found No Match M not present 38-43 Found No Match not present E 44-49 Found No Match not present not present 50-55 Not Found M E 56-61 Not Found M not present 62-67 Not Found not present E 68-73 Not Found not present not present 74-79 No Access M E 80-85 No Access M not present 86-91 No Access not present E 92-97 No Access not present not present Notes: The ITIN Mismatch and Imperfect Return indicators can only be present for linked submissions. To receive the indicated values for the ITIN Mismatch and Imperfect Return indicators, the Primary SSN on both the State and IRS submissions must be the same value. The Primary SSN Validation Status is set based on the range of the last 2 digits of the Primary SSN. The Secondary SSN Validation Status is set based on the range of the last 2 digits of the Secondary SSN. Return to 1040 MeF Information for Transmitters/States Return to Coming Soon to the MeF page Return to MeF Program Information page
