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3623525 - The Tax Amount of External Source Documents is Always Zero in The VAT Return

Symptom

The Tax Amount of External Source Documents is always zero in the VAT Return even though the Tax Base Amount is showing up correctly. This issue occurs with the webservice ManageJournalEntryIn which is transferring Journal Entries of Supplier Invoices into the System.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to the Tax Management Work Center.
  2. Go to the VAT returns view.
  3. Show all Tax Returns, search for Tax Return ID XXX (where XXX is the Tax Return ID).
  4. Highlight Tax Return ID XXX.
  5. Press View.
  6. Switch to the tab Tax Return.
  7. Go to the Form Box number YYY (where YYY is the Form Box number).
  8. Press on Details.
  9. Sort after Tax Amount descending.
  10. Scroll down until you see the Source Document Type "External Source Document".
    Here that the Tax Amount is 0,00 LC for all External Source Documents. Expectation is that an Amount is shown here as for the other Source Documents.

Cause

These documents with the type "External Source Document" are migrated Invoices. The System will not consider the Tax Amount for the migrated Invoices in a VAT Return.

Resolution

This is the current System Definition.

Keywords

tax amount, tax base amount, external source documents, zero tax, webservice, ManageJournalEntryIn, supplier invoices, migrated invoices, VAT return , KBA , SRD-FIN-TAX , Tax Management , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions