Symptom
For the Country of Tax Authority: ES - Spain, Preview button is disabled for VAT Return 123 with the Tax Return Status as In Preparation.
123 Refers to VAT return ID
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the Tax Management work center.
- Go to the Tax Returns view.
- Select the VAT returns subview.
VAT return 123 is displayed with the status "In Preparation," and the Preview button is disabled (greyed out)
Cause
- In the Tax Management work center navigate to the Tax Authorities view.
- Select the Tax Authority and country Spain and press Edit - Company Tax Arrangements.
- In the Tax Return Arrangements sub tab for the Tax Return Arrangement ID XYZ, it can be seen that the Electronic Submission indicator is set.
Resolution
Electronic Submission, this indicator is enabled when the selected tax return type is submitted to the tax authorities electronically or through an electronic file. Since form output is not supported for electronic submissions, the Preview button is disabled.
This is a standard system behavior.
Keywords
print, PDF, download, e-filing, online filing, printing restricted, non-printable, expected behavior, configuration, settings, toggle, option, enable printing, generate PDF, compliance report , KBA , SRD-FIN-TAX , Tax Management , How To
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