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
- Go to Supplier Invoicing work center.
- Go to New Invoice Without Purchase Order view.
- Navigate to Items tab.
- Select any item.
- Navigate to Taxes subtab.
- 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:
- Go to Business Configuration work center.
- Go to Overview view.
- Search for Tax on Goods and Services activity.
- Open it.
- Click in the link: Define Tax Codes.
- 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:
- Go to Business Configuration work center.
- Go to Overview view.
- Search for Tax on Goods and Services activity.
- Open it.
- Click in the link: Define Tax Codes.
- In the field Tax Code, search for ABC.
- Insert the date in 'Valid to Date' field.
- Click in Save button.
Now you are able to insert the Tax Code in your newly created Supplier Invoices.
Keywords
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