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2677518 - Error Message: Account determination missing for account determination group - Travel Expense - Non-Deductible. Choose the account determination for Costs.

Symptom

While trying to post to expense reports, there is an error message 'Account determination missing for account determination group - Travel Expense - Non-Deductible. Choose the account determination for Costs. To define the account for chart of accounts Chart of accounts YYY (YYY refers to the chart of accounts go to tab General Expenses. Enter a general ledger account for - Travel Expense - Non Deductible' is displayed.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the General Ledger work center.
  2. Navigate to the Closing Cockpit and the Source Documents view.
  3. Select the in process - 47 - Expense Report – XXX (XXX refers to the expense report).
  4. An error message Account determination missing for account determination group - Travel Expense - Non-Deductible. Choose the account determination for Costs. To define the account for chart of accounts Chart of accounts YYY (YYY refers to the chart of accounts go to tab General Expenses. Enter a general ledger account for - Travel Expense - Non Deductible is displayed.

 

Cause

The reason for this is that the Account Determination Group for General Expenses is not defined for Non-deductible expenses.

Resolution

  1. Go to Business Configuration workcenter.
  2. Navigate to the Implementation project view.
  3. Select the Fine tune activity Charts of Accounts, Financial Reporting Structures, Account Determination.
  4. Further  navigate to Account Determination Area.
  5. Select the Costs subledger.
  6. In the General Expenses tab.
  7. The  Account Determination Group for General Expenses for Non-deductible expenses for the relevant chart of accounts is not defined.
  8. Now, select the account determination group Travel Expense - Non Deductible and select a relevant option for selection in the value help and save.

This will fix the issue.

See Also

2882648 - Expense Report is not Posted into Accounting due to Error Message: Account Determination Missing for Account Determination Group General Expenses 

Keywords

Travel Expense - Non-Deductible, account determination, Costs, Expense Report, Missing. , KBA , non deductible expenses , account determination for expenses , SRD-FIN-GL , General Ledger , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions