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2449960 - Error: "Excise Tax not Scoped in System; Maintenance of Excise Tax not possible" While Setting Up Excise Tax

Symptom

While setting up excise taxes for countries such as Canada or the United States, a scoping error 'Excise Tax not Scoped in System; Maintenance of Excise Tax not possible' is raised.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Business Configuration work center 
  2. Go to the Implementation Projects view.
  3. Select the Open Activity list.
  4. Search for and open the activity Tax on Goods and Services.
  5. Choose Define Excise Tax classification.

The following error is raised: Excise Tax not Scoped in System; Maintenance of Excise Tax not possible

Cause

The system currently does not support excise tax in the US/Canada localizations. Please also note that excise tax in several other globalization countries, such as India, has been deprecated.

Resolution

This is considered an industry-specific requirement. The implementation partner can be contacted to further evaluate the feasibility of addressing this business case through a custom add-on.

Keywords

Maintenance of Excise Tax not possible. Excise tax. , KBA , SRD-FIN-GLO-TAX , GLO - Tax Declaration , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions