3416204 - Process Communication Error - "Document date DD-MM-YYY is not within the validity period of tax reporting unit AA" occurs in the Supplier Invoice

Process Communication error occurs in the Supplier Invoice XYZ. ('XYZ' refers to Supplier Invoice ID)

Error: "Document date DD-MM-YYY is not within the validity period of tax reporting unit AA". ('AA' refers to Tax reporting unit ID)

SAP Business ByDesign

1. Go to the Supplier Invoicing work center.
2. Go to Invoice and Credit memos sub view.
3. Search for the Supplier Invoice XYZ. ('XYZ' refers to Supplier Invoice ID)
4. Go to the document flow there will be the red marked icon which is the Process Communication error.

To check the error message, follow the below mentioned steps.

1. Go to the Application and user management work center.
2. Go to the Process communication error sub view.
3. Filter it with Open error with cases.
4. In the Sending document header, give 'Supplier Invoice' and enter
5. The process communication error will be visible with the Supplier Invoice document ID.

Error message: "Document date DD-MM-YYY is not within the validity period of Tax reporting unit AA". ('AA' refers to Tax reporting unit ID)

Try to check the Tax reporting unit 'AA' under the Organizational Structure, the validity period is 01.02.9999/Unlimited, and in the respective Supplier Invoice 'XYZ' the document date is 01.01.9999. Hence, it's a mismatch.

Because the validity period starting from is later than the maintained Document date.

Please note: The dates mentioned above is for the examples reference.

Try to correct the Document date of the Supplier Invoice XYZ by following the below mentioned steps.

1. Go to the Supplier Invoicing work center.
2. Go to the Invoice and Credit memos sub view.
3. Search for the Supplier Invoice 'XYZ'.
4. Select Edit.
5. Try to change the document date which should come within the timeline of the validity period maintained in the Tax reporting unit 'AA'.
6. Give Save.

Once the changes done, create a case to SAP Technical Support, so that the failed XI message from the backend will be reprocessed to clear the Process Communication error exist in the Supplier Invoice 'XYZ'.

KBA - "3319544 - Tax Reporting Unit is not Determined while trying to post the Supplier Invoice "

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