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
- Go to the Business Configuration work center
- Go to the Implementation Projects view.
- Select the Open Activity list.
- Search for and open the activity Tax on Goods and Services.
- 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
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