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3543475 - National ID Deep Validation for Country Specific: Australia - TFN

Symptom

  • Below error occurs when adding TFN for National ID - Australia
  • Error: "The check digit in the National ID of type “Tax File Number” for country/region “Australia” is not valid. Please correct your entry."

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - National ID Information

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to the National ID section of an employee
  2. Select Country: Australia, National ID Card Type: TFN = 123 456 789
  3. Validation error occurs "The check digit in the National ID of type “Tax File Number” for country/region “Australia” is not valid. Please correct your entry."

Cause

This is expected behavior. 

  • When "National ID Validations" is enabled in "Company System and Logo Settings" then the system will perform a validation based on the hard-coded checks that are unique for each of the countries.
  • These validation checks are implemented to check the length of the number as well as certain criteria. If the entered National ID does not match the validation criteria, the system will throw the error message about the check digit:
  • For TFN Australia, if you enter any random number. For ex: 123 456 789 which is not valid as per the validation rule; then it is expected the system will throw the validation error as below:
  • "The check digit in the National ID of type “Tax File Number” for country/region “Australia” is not valid. Please correct your entry."

Resolution

  • Below you can find the validation rules for the National ID for Australia:
 
National ID FormatDetailsSyntax / LengthSample ID
TFN - Tax File NumberConsists of 9 digits: there is a space after the third and sixth digits. The last digit is a checksum.NNN NNN NNN

Format Length: 9

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  • For more details on the validation Algorithm, please refer Country/Region-Specifics for Employee Central guide: Validation Rules - Australia

See Also

  • 2093378 - National ID validation issues - Employee Central
  • 2511945 - Deep validation for national ID is not working
  • 2668688 - National ID Card: How to create custom Regular Expression and Display Format

Keywords

Check digit, National ID, Australia, National ID Validation for Australia, Tax File Number, TFN , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-PER-NAT , National ID - Config, Rules, RBP, UI , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Core all versions