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1859687 - Defining New Purchasing Tax Code for Country India

Symptom

You receive an error when trying to define a new tax code for purchases with service tax for India: New tax code entry for country IN is not allowed.

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Business Configuration work center.
  2. Select the implementation project and click on Open Activity List.
  3. Open activity Tax on Goods and Services.
  4. Click on Define Tax Codes.
  5. Click on Add Row and add a new tax code for country IN.
  6. Choose Save.
  7. Error: New tax code entry XX for country IN is not allowed is displayed.

Cause

For India, you are not allowed to specify the service tax code.

Resolution

Please search the Help Center in your system for the article Simplified Tax Codes, which explains the functionality further.

Keywords

KBA , AP-ACC , Business ByDesign: Financial Accounting , How To

Product

SAP BUSINESS BYDESIGN 1611 ; SAP BUSINESS BYDESIGN 1705 ; SAP BUSINESS BYDESIGN 1708 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1608 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1702 ; SAP Business ByDesign 1711