3171754 - Error: "Default tax line type xxxxx cannot be found" when supplier online invoice is sent to SAP Ariba Buying

Invoices from SAP Business Network to SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing fail with error "Error: ariba.util.messaging.MessagingException: Invalid invoice error. Reason 1. ariba.integration.base.InvalidDataException: Default tax line type xxxxxxx cannot be found. Please contact support with the Error Reference Number: xxxxxxxxxxxxx for more details. "

When checking the history of the invoice, a Commerce Extensible Markup Language (cXML) failure response similar to the one below appears:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE cXML SYSTEM "http://xml.cxml.org/schemas/cXML/1.2.021/cXML.dtd">
<!-- class: ariba.cxml.Component -->

<cXML timestamp="2011-12-14T11:59:09-08:00" payloadID="1234567890" xml:lang="en-US" version="1.2.021">
<Response>
<Status text="Not Acceptable" code="406">
Error: A problem occured in the application, check the application audit log.Please contact support with the Error Reference Number: 208459529481 for more details.
</Status>
</Response>
</cXML>

Or:

<cXML timestamp="2024-06-16T18:49:03-07:00" payloadID="pZYFkXyDFun/HgiZh4SvFDnk=" xml:lang="en-US" version="1.2.044">
<Response>
<Status text="Not Acceptable" code="406">
Error: Error: ariba.util.messaging.MessagingException: Invalid invoice error  Reason 1. ariba.integration.base.InvalidDataException: Default taxline type sales cannot be found. Please contact support with the Error Reference Number: 186775102035 for more details.
</Status>
</Response>
</cXML>

When looking for the Error Reference number (208459529481) in the audit logs of SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, the following error appears in the stack trace:

Caused by: ariba.integration.base.InvalidDataException: Default tax line type sales cannot be found

Invalid invoice error  Reason 1. ariba.integration.base.InvalidDataException: Default taxline type sales cannot be found.

Tax Type Mapping Default tax line type cannot be found Default taxline type cannot be found , KBA , BNS-ARI-INV-IR-TAXT , Invoice Reconciliation Tax Tables , Problem