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3320383 - The time conditions of tax rate change

Symptom

  • User set a wrong tax rate definition valid from XX date. Can they fix the tax rate definition at any time before XX date.
  • User set a wrong tax rate definition valid from XX date. Can they fix the tax rate definition at any time after XX date.
  • User set a wrong tax rate definition valid from XX date. Can they fix the tax rate definition at any time after XX date. Even If posting are made to the wrong tax rates.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

Resolution

We can change the tax rates from the SSCUI Define Tax Codes for Sales and Purchases (ID 101016).

Please, find the following information.

  1. Go to SSCUI Define Tax Codes for Sales and Purchases (ID 101016).
  2. Provide the country/region.
  3. Provide tax code.
  4. Enter tax code maintenance screen.
  5. In the maintenance screen on tope you find there are three buttons mention below respectievely.
  6. Delete Last Rate Change,
  7. Periods,
  8. and Deactivate Line.
  9. Following is the details on functions of the above-mentioned buttons.

 

Period button:

With this button you can see the validity period for each tax rate changes for the tax code.

 

Delete Last Rate Change button:

You can delete your changes to the TDT and delete tax rates in the validity lines until the last or 1st validity period line.

You cannot delete the initial tax rate, only the new tax rates and validity period can be deleted.

Undo your last rate change.

 

Deactivate Line button:

It is not recommended to change the tax rates in the past, only you should change the tax rates in future otherwise it will affect your financial reporting.

ex validity period start 01/01/2022 - 31/12/9999 you require to change it to 01/01/2020 - 31/12/1999

 

Prerequisites:

  1. Only if you do not have posting in the Production system with the tax rate you can change the initial validity period of the tax rate.

  2. Only if you have only one condition type active for the tax code.

If the above 2 conditions are met, you can change the initial tax rates for the tax code.

 

Deactivate line will completely empty your tax code and you can provide a new value in the tax rate.

 

SAP entries cannot be deleted for the tax code. 

for example, if there is a condition delivered by SAP then it will not be possible to delete it.
But for customer created conditions. For example, customer created a new text code.
 
 
Note:
Deactivation will cross check the productive system. If this tax code is already used in a productive system. If it's already used, we do not recommend the customer in any case to change the tax code. So, we always recommend please create a new text code because if you delete here this conditions then you will make your posting inconsistent because then if they have a portfolio posting for example cancellation or you have a payment with cash discount they will get an error message in the payment process.
 
This is mandatory before they can now start with the changes, they need to transport the changes first, so they would need to deactivate it, transport it through the landscape so transport to the productive system and then they can change it.
So, we also always recommend please after each change just release the transport to have it consistent.

Keywords

tdt, change, tax, rate, 101016, SSCUI Define Tax Codes for Sales and Purchases,  Delete Last Rate Change, Periods, Deactivate Line, S4_PC , KBA , FI-GL-GL-F-2CL , Value Added Tax (VAT) (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud all versions