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2951936 - Wrong tax amount

Symptom

You wanted to know

How the tax amount is calculated.

 or

Why tax amount appears different than expected.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase request and orders work center
  2. Go to Purchase orders
  3. Search and select relevant Purchase order
  4. Click on Edit
  5. Go to Items tab
  6. Go to Taxes Sub tab

Cause

In general as we know Tax amount = Tax net base amount* tax rate

However we have additional logic 'Tax difference distribution'  that has caused the tax amount to be calculated differently.

Resolution

Create new document without copying an existing document and then check the below blog.

kindly refer the Blog   for all details https://blogs.sap.com/2018/04/05/rules-of-tax-difference-distribution-in-sap-business-bydesign/

Keywords

calculation of tax amount,tax amount decimals , KBA , AP-POP-PO , Purchase Order , AP-SLO , Sales Order Processing , AP-SIP , Supplier Invoice Processing , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions