I have tried the official copy referenced in the submission and composition reference guide with no luck (below):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<p:ACAUIBusinessHeader xmlns:p="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:msg:acauibusinessheader"
xmlns:acaBusHeader="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:msg:acabusinessheader"
xmlns="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:ext:aca:air:7.0"
xmlns:irs="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:common"
xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurityutility-1.0.xsd"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="urn:us:gov:treasury:irs:msg:acauibusinessheader IRSACAUserInterfaceHeaderMessage.xsd">
<acaBusHeader:ACABusinessHeader>
<UniqueTransmissionId>token</UniqueTransmissionId>
<irs:Timestamp>2016-12-31T12:00:00</irs:Timestamp>
</acaBusHeader:ACABusinessHeader>
<ACATransmitterManifestReqDtl>
<PaymentYr>2015</PaymentYr>
<PriorYearDataInd>0</PriorYearDataInd>
<irs:EIN>EIN</irs:EIN>
<TransmissionTypeCd>O</TransmissionTypeCd>
<TestFileCd>TestFileCd</TestFileCd>
<OriginalReceiptId>OriginalReceiptId</OriginalReceiptId>
<TransmitterForeignEntityInd>0</TransmitterForeignEntityInd>
<TransmitterNameGrp>
<BusinessNameLine1Txt>BusinessNameLine1Txt</BusinessNameLine1Txt>
<BusinessNameLine2Txt>BusinessNameLine2Txt</BusinessNameLine2Txt>
</TransmitterNameGrp>
<CompanyInformationGrp>
<CompanyNm>CompanyNm</CompanyNm>
<MailingAddressGrp>
<USAddressGrp>
<AddressLine1Txt>AddressLine1Txt</AddressLine1Txt>
<AddressLine2Txt>AddressLine2Txt</AddressLine2Txt>
<irs:CityNm>CityNm</irs:CityNm>
<USStateCd>AL</USStateCd>
<irs:USZIPCd>USZIPCd</irs:USZIPCd>
<irs:USZIPExtensionCd>USZIPExtensionCd</irs:USZIPExtensionCd>
</USAddressGrp>
</MailingAddressGrp>
<ContactNameGrp>
<irs:PersonFirstNm>PersonFirstNm</irs:PersonFirstNm>
<irs:PersonMiddleNm>PersonMiddleNm</irs:PersonMiddleNm>
<irs:PersonLastNm>PersonLastNm</irs:PersonLastNm>
<irs:SuffixNm>SuffixNm</irs:SuffixNm>
</ContactNameGrp>
<ContactPhoneNum>ContactPhoneNum</ContactPhoneNum>
</CompanyInformationGrp>
<VendorInformationGrp>
<VendorCd>VendorCd</VendorCd>
<ContactNameGrp>
<irs:PersonFirstNm>PersonFirstNm</irs:PersonFirstNm>
<irs:PersonMiddleNm>PersonMiddleNm</irs:PersonMiddleNm>
<irs:PersonLastNm>PersonLastNm</irs:PersonLastNm>
<irs:SuffixNm>SuffixNm</irs:SuffixNm>
</ContactNameGrp>
<ContactPhoneNum>ContactPhoneNum</ContactPhoneNum>
</VendorInformationGrp>
<TotalPayeeRecordCnt>0</TotalPayeeRecordCnt>
<TotalPayerRecordCnt>1</TotalPayerRecordCnt>
<SoftwareId>SoftwareId</SoftwareId>
<FormTypeCd>1094/1095B</FormTypeCd>
<irs:BinaryFormatCd>application/xml</irs:BinaryFormatCd>
<irs:ChecksumAugmentationNum>ChecksumAugmentationNum</irs:ChecksumAugmentationNum>
<irs:AttachmentByteSizeNum>0</irs:AttachmentByteSizeNum>
<DocumentSystemFileNm>DocumentSystemFileNm</DocumentSystemFileNm>
</ACATransmitterManifestReqDtl>
</p:ACAUIBusinessHeader>
Of course, when you sub in your own information and submit this on the ISS-UI AATS 2016 Site it just says:
1 error has occurred. See below for more information. If the problem continues, please contact us.
Our system has detected a potential threat in the file you are attempting to transmit and it can not be transmitted. Please check the file and try again.
After running the sample file against the XSDs, it shows that the timestamp format is wrong (it needs a 'Z' at the end) and the prefixes on 'irs:PersonFirstNm
', 'irs:PersonLastNm
', 'irs:PersonMiddleNm
' should not be there.
After I changed that, the file passes XSD validation just fine, but the same error is shown:
1 error has occurred. See below for more information. If the problem continues, please contact us.
Our system has detected a potential threat in the file you are attempting to transmit and it can not be transmitted. Please check the file and try again.
Is there anyone out there currently working against the IRS AIR ACA system, and does anyone have a copy of the manifest file that they have sent in that they know works? I have pinged the IRS helpdesk for more information, but they take 7 business days to get back to you.
Update
2016 Version of the Test Scenarios have been posted here:
https://blog.boomtax.com/2016-irs-air-test-scenario-xml-iss-ui/
2015 Version of AATS Test Scenarios
https://blog.boomtax.com/irs-air-test-scenario-xml-sample-files/