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3228759 - Inconsistent Invoice Request Due to Error 'Postal Code Region Mismatch'

Symptom

Sales order invoice request is Inconsistent status with error "Postal Code Region Mismatch".

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Customer Invoicing work center.
  2. Go to the Invoice Requests view.
  3. Find the Sales Order Invoice Request ABC. it is inconsistent status. (ABC represents the ID of invoice request)
  4. Click CHECK button, find error Postal Code Region Mismatch.

Cause

You have set up external tax determiantion rule for state CA (in country US),  where jurisdiction rule is set as ST (Ship To). And also Vertex activated in the system.

In the sales order here, the sales unit is in sate/country=CA/US and ship to country is in Brazil. This triggers the external tax determination and leads to consider Brazil, but with Vertex this won't work.

The intergration scenaior (External Tax Determination + Vertex) is not supported.

Resolution

You need to remove this external tax determination rule.

Keywords

 Postal Code Region Mismatch; extenral tax determiantion; Vertex , KBA , AP-TTE-TC , Tax Calculation , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions