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2144024 - Sales Order Warning Message: "Company XYZ not registered in country ABC, define Taxnumber as Type 2"

Symptom

Warning message in sales order: 'Company XYZ not registered in country ABC, define Taxnumber as Type 2'.

XYZ stands for Company ID (Name).

ABC stands for Country.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Sales Orders work center.
  2. Go to the Sales Orders view. 
  3. Select sales order DEF (DEF indicates the ID of the sales order). 
  4. Select the Edit button.  

Warning message is displayed: 'Company XYZ not registered in country ABC, define Taxnumber as Type 2'.

Cause

The Seller Party (company XYZ), is not registered in the country of the Ship-To/Payer Party.

Resolution

Register the seller party in the country of the ship-to/payer party.

  1. Go to the Tax Management work center.
  2. Go to the Tax Authorities - Tax Authorities view.
  3. Select tax authority GHI (GHI indicates the ID of the tax authority).
  4. Choose Edit - Company Tax Arrangements button.
  5. Select the Add Row button.
  6. Add company XYZ.
  7. Go to the Tax Numbers sub tab.
  8. Add tax number type 2-Tax Number.
  9. Add the relevant Tax Number.
  10. Select the Save button.

The warning message will not appear anymore in newly created sales orders for combination of seller party (company XYZ) and country ABC.

Keywords

taxnumber; seller; company; tax authority; tax number , KBA , AP-SLO-SO , Sales Order , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions