There may be occasions when your CSV file will fail to upload. Uploading errors are errors caused by incorrect columns, or other formatting issues that we can catch before you upload your CSV successfully. In this article we will go over the most common errors, and show examples of how to resolve the error to get a successful import!

Validation Errors

Validation Errors are caught before the CSV is uploaded to your account. Here is a list of possible Validation Errors you could get:

• Transaction cannot have identical Sent and Received sides
  • Example of the correct way the Sent and Received sides should look displayed below:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

• Sent Quantity is not a number
  • Example of a number in the Sent Quantity column displayed below:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

• Sent and Received Quantities are not numbers
  • Example of the Sent and Received Quantity columns filled out correctly:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

• Received Quantity is not a number
  • Example of a number in the Received Quantity column displayed below:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

• Transaction cannot be a dual sided Transfer. That means you can't enter both sent and received information in one row. Please split the transaction into a Transfer In and Transfer Out. 
  • Example of how a Transfer In and Transfer Out transaction should be entered:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

• Transactions with type TRADE must have digital assets in both the sent and received currency fields not fiat (USD)
  • Example of a Trade transaction having digital assets (BTC and ETH) in both the Sent and Received Currency columns below:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

• Transactions with type TRADE must have digital asset in the sent currency field and not fiat (USD)
  • Example of a digital asset (BTC) in the Sent Currency column of a Trade transaction below:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

• Transactions with type TRADE must have digital asset in the received currency field and not fiat (USD)
  • Example of a digital asset (ETH) in the Received Currency column of a Trade transaction below:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

• Transactions with type BUY or SALE must have fiat (USD) as either the sent or the received currency field
  • Example of fiat (USD) for a Buy or Sale transaction type in either the Sent or Received Currency columns below:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

• Transaction Type must be one of the following: “Buy”, “Sale”,  “Trade”,  “Transfer In”, “Transfer Out”,  “Income”,  “Expense”,  “Gift Sent”,  “Gift Received”, “Card Reward”
  • Example of some of the different types of transactions under the Transaction Types column displayed below:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

• Date and Time is a required field
• Transaction date cannot be in the future
• The Date and Time format is incorrect. TaxBit requires it to be in the ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ)
  • Example of how the Date and Time format should look below:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

• Sent Quantity must be positive
  • Example of positive amounts under the Sent Quantity column below:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

• Received Quantity must be positive
  • Example of positive amounts under the Received Quantity column below:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

• Must have at least one positive value in the transaction
• Fee is not a number
• Fee must be positive
  • Example of positive fees in the Fee column below:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

• Fee currency cannot be an empty field
  • Example of the Fee Currency column filled out below:
  • Example of the incorrect format:

For more information on how to manually format a CSV click HERE.

Please Note: If your CSV partially uploads, there's not a way to generate a partial error report.

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