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EPY: New Jersey State- Employer Payroll Tax Upload Process Option B) Online Upload Service Fails With error "Invalid Terminating character encountered at line number 1, the last character is expected to be "#"" (Doc ID 2850175.1)

Last updated on APRIL 15, 2024

Applies to:

PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Payroll for North America - Version 9.2 to 9.2 [Release 9]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

The New Jersey Employer Payroll Tax Electronic Filing and Reporting Options for W-2 filing had errors occur when choosing (b)Online Upload Service used for Companies reporting only a small number of W-2s for Employees electronically.

The messages returned stated:
  Invalid Terminating character encountered at line number 1, the last character is expected to be "#".
  Invalid Terminating character encountered at line number 2, the last character is expected to be "#".
  Invalid Terminating character encountered at line number 3, the last character is expected to be "#".
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