Symptom
You expect that the deferred input or output tax from the Swiss Chart of Accounts is available in the US Charts of Accounts but, you get an error when posting a Source Document:
'Account Determination is missing for item type Deferred Output Tax. Specify Account Determination in Chart of Accounts DEF: DEF Chart of Accounts and Account Determination Profile <DEF>. Column Path Tax->Output Tax->Deferred Output Tax, Item Type Deferred Output Tax.'
(where DEF represents the respective Chart of Accounts, in our example the US Charts of Accounts)
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the General Ledger Work Center.
- Go to the Source Documents view.
- Show unposted Source Documents, find XXX (where XXX ist the Source Document ID).
- Press Actions - Post Business Transaction to another period.
- Enter alternate Posting Date ABC (where ABC is the alternate Posting Date) and press OK.
You can see an error message: 'Account Determination is missing for item type Deferred Output Tax. Specify Account Determination in Chart of Accounts DEF: DEF Chart of Accounts and Account Determination Profile <DEF>. Column Path Tax->Output Tax->Deferred Output Tax, Item Type Deferred Output Tax.'
Cause
This error message is raised because in the Business Configuration the Account Determination Profile CACH-Swiss Chart of Accounts is not assigned to the Tax Country US.
Resolution
- Go to the Business Configuration Work Center.
- Open Charts of Accounts, Financial Reporting Structures, Account Determination Activity.
- Under Account Determination click on Tax.
- Highlight CACH - CACH: Swiss Chart of Accounts
- Press the Assign Countries to Profile button.
- Choose Add Row and add the Country US - USA.
- Click OK.
- Press Save and Close.
Once you have maintained this setting in the Business Configuration you are able to post the Source Document XXX without any error message.
Keywords
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