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 below error:

Error: ariba.util.messaging.MessagingException: Invalid invoice error. Reason 1. ariba.integration.base.InvalidDataException: Default tax line type [Tax Type] cannot be found. Please contact support with the Error Reference Number: <Reference Number> for more details.

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

• <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: <Reference Number> for more details.
  </Status>
  </Response>
  

Or:

• <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 [Tax Type] cannot be found. Please contact support with the Error Reference Number: <Reference Number> for more details.
  </Status>
  </Response>

When looking for the Error Reference number 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 [Tax Type] cannot be found

Invalid invoice error  Reason 1. ariba.integration.base.InvalidDataException: Default taxline type [Tax Type] cannot be found.

• SAP Business Network
• SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing

KBA , BNS-ARI-INV-IR-TAXT , Invoice Reconciliation Tax Tables , Problem