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3010639 - Error While Resetting a Manual Clearing: 'Calcellation not possible; cancel last clearing first'

Symptom

You cannot reset a Manual Clearing due to the error message.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the General Ledger work center.
  2. Go to the Journal Entries view.
  3. Select the relevant Journal Entry ID related to clearing.
  4. Click View.
  5. Open the Source Document XXX.
  6. Press View All.
  7. Click Reset Clearing.

System raises the error message 'Cancellation not possible; cancel last clearing first'.

XXX - Manual Clearing ID

Cause

The error is raised because there are Released Tax Adjustments available in the system for at least one of the Invoices included in the Manual Clearing and this would be an inconsistent transaction.

You can identify the Invoices that have Tax Adjustments using the following steps:

  1. Go to the Tax Management work center.
  2. Go to the Tax Adjustments view.

Resolution

To reset the Manual Clearing it is necessary to cancel the Tax Adjustments for the Invoices maintained in the Clearing.

Once you have identified the affected Invoices, the Tax Adjustments can be canceled as follows:

  1. Go to the Tax Management work center.
  2. Go to the Tax Adjustments view.
  3. Select the relevant Tax Adjustment.
  4. Click Actions -> Cancel.

Keywords

Manual Clearing, Invoice, Tax Adjustment. , KBA , AP-DUE-TXR-GLO , Cross-Country Extensions , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions