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3231112 - Tax Code is not Available for new Supplier Invoice

Symptom

You are creating a new Supplier Invoice, however you are unable to insert the expected Tax Code.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign.

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Supplier Invoicing work center.
  2. Go to New Invoice Without Purchase Order view.
  3. Navigate to Items tab.
  4. Select any item. 
  5. Navigate to Taxes subtab.
  6. In Tax Code field, insert Tax Code ABC (ABC is the Tax Code you want to insert for this Invoice).

You get the error message: 'ABC is not a valid value for this field. Enter a valid value.'

Cause

The 'Valid to Date' field is not maintained in the Tax Code master data.

You can check it by performing the steps below:

  1. Go to Business Configuration work center.
  2. Go to Overview view.
  3. Search for Tax on Goods and Services activity.
  4. Open it.
  5. Click in the link: Define Tax Codes.
  6. In the field Tax Code, search for ABC.

You can see that the Valid To Date field is blank.

Resolution

You need to maintain a Valid To Date for the Tax Code and save it. To do so, follow below steps:

  1. Go to Business Configuration work center.
  2. Go to Overview view.
  3. Search for Tax on Goods and Services activity.
  4. Open it.
  5. Click in the link: Define Tax Codes.
  6. In the field Tax Code, search for ABC.
  7. Insert the date in 'Valid to Date' field.
  8. Click in Save button.

Now you are able to insert the Tax Code in your newly created Supplier Invoices.

Keywords

Supplier Invoice; Tax Code; Valid to Date , KBA , AP-SIP-SIV , Supplier Invoice , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions