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2416134 - Tax Code Field is not Available in ERM for Non-Localized Countries

Symptom

You are not able to find the Tax Code field while creating an Expense Report for Non-Localized Countries.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Travel and Expenses work center.
  2. Click New -> Expense Report on Behalf.
  3. Choose an employee and navigate to the Next Step.
  4. Under Expenses Tab click on Add row.
  5. Select a Expense and enter required details.
  6. Go to Expense Data tab.

You can see that Tax Code field is not available.

Cause

The reason is that there are no tax procedures are available in Expense Reimbursement for Non-Localized Countries.

Resolution

As a workaround, you can activate the Tax Calculation for Generic Country Version by following steps:

  1. Go to the Business Configuration Work center.
  2. Go to the Implementation Projects view.
  3. Show All Current Projects.
  4. Choose the Project and Choose Open Activity List.
  5. Go to the Fine-Tune chevron and find activity Tax Activation- Generic Country Version.
  6. Choose Open and go to Define and edit tax code groups.
  7. Click on Add Row tab and enter Country Version and Tax Code Groups.
  8. Choose Save button.
  9. Click on Edit expense types.
  10. Maintain all required details for the respective Country Version.
  11. Choose Save button.
  12. Click on Activate tax calculation.
  13. Select the Generic Country Version, enter the Tax Calculation Start Date and Choose Activate Tax Calculation.
  14. Choose Save button.

Keywords

KBA , SRD-FIN-ERM , Travel and Expense Management , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions