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3190511 - Error Message in Supplier Account: 'Enter a CPF only in conjunction with a natural person'

Symptom

You are maintaining a Brazilian tax number type as CPF for a supplier account, however an error is being raised that CPF can be maintained only in conjunction with a natural person.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Supplier Base work center.
  2. Go to Suppliers view.
  3. Open the respective supplier account.
  4. In the View All navigate to Financial Data tab.
  5. Go to Tax Data sub tab.
  6. Click Add Row under Tax Numbers.
  7. Select country as Brazil and In Tax Number Type select VAT registration number for natural persons (CPF).
  8. Fill the Tax Number field.

Error: 'Enter a CPF only in conjunction with a natural person'

Cause

In SAP Business ByDesign a supplier account is always treated as an organization and NOT as a private individual. Hence, it is not possible to enter the tax number type CPF for a supplier in ByD.

Resolution

For a private customer the CPF tax number type may be maintained and for Supplier Accounts the CNPJ tax number type can be maintained.

Keywords

Tax Number. Tax number type. , KBA , AP-TTE-GLO , Cross-Country Extensions , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions