Hi Sami, I don't know about 1099's but I submit Fed and State W2's and I don't put any fill characters at the end and this has been acceptable for at least 3 years now. Bernie Lis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sami Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 12:05 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - IRS Electronic files - CHAR 32 or 255?
> I'm preparing an electronic file for the IRS for a client's 1099 payments. > Does anyone know if the "blank" they refer to in their extremely helpful > Publication 1220 should be CHAR(32) or CHAR(255)? > > Since there are blanks at the end of each record, it appears that the > CHAR(32) isn't retained, but the CHAR(255) is. > > The final two characters on each record need to be the carriage-return and > line feed. > > TIA - > > Sami > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Sami Aaron > Software Management Specialists > 19312 W 63rd Terr > Shawnee KS 66218 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 913-915-1971 > >
