I put together a sample file with the following business name and street address:
business name: Selitestthree & Incorporated
street address: 6689 Willow & Court
I generated the XML. Our 1095 software will replace & with & as the business name and
show it in XML like so:
<BusinessNameLine1Txt>Selitestthree & Incorporated</BusinessNameLine1Txt>
This is correct. The street address will appear as:
<AddressLine1Txt>6689 Willow & Court</AddressLine1Txt>
When I validate, the business name is fine and no error shows up. The street address has this
error:
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If I replace in the XML & with just & so that it looks like:
<AddressLine1Txt>6689 Willow & Court</AddressLine1Txt>
and validate, I get “Error in reading XML“. What I conclude is that the ampersand as & or & can
not appear in a street address.
