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3507292 - Error FS214 'G/L account * requires a valid tax code' error in APP 'Postprocess Event Based Posting Errors - Product Costing'

Symptom

FS214 error 'G/L account * requires a valid tax code' raised in APP 'Postprocess Event Based Posting Errors - Product Costing'.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 

Cause

The error message account & is configured as WIP/Reserve(offset) account in SSCUI 103940 - "Event-Based WIP and Variance Posting".
Therefore, account is posted to when event based WIP occur.
However, in Manage G/L Account Master Data, the account is defined as a tax relevant account with tax categories "-", "+", "*",
and the Posting without tax allowed is set as blank, which means tax information is a mandatory. 

And the tax code cannot be maintained for automatic postings(EBWP) and raise such error.

Resolution

Kindly consider to change Tax Code setting for the account via APP 'Manage G/L Account Master Data' or

replace the account to another one without such tax setting in SSCUI 103940 - 'Event-Based WIP and Variance Posting'.

Keywords

FS214, Tax code, Manage G/L Account Master Data, SSCUI 103940, Event-Based WIP and Variance Posting, Postprocess Event Based Posting Errors - Product Costing. , KBA , CO-FIO-OBJ-CL-2CL , Closing (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Cloud all versions