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3626274 - Supplier Invoice Exception: VAT Registration Number missing for Company ABC

Symptom

Unable to post the Supplier Invoice due to Exception: VAT Registration Number missing for Company ABC

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign 

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to the Supplier Invoicing work center.
  2. Go to the Invoices and Credit Memos view.
  3. Search for the affected Invoice.
  4. Navigate to the Exceptions tab to view the exception: "VAT Registration Number missing for Company ABC".

Cause

The Company VAT Registration number is not Valid, hence the system throws the Exception. 

Resolution

Follow the below steps to maintain the validity of the Company Tax arrangements:

  1. Go to Tax Management Work center.
  2. Go to Tax Authorities view and go to Tax Authorities sub view.
  3. Show All Tax Authorities and Find the corresponding Tax Authority ID.
  4. Go to Edit and Go to Company Tax Arrangements.
  5. Maintain the Validity to future and save the changes. 

Once the Validity is maintained, make any dummy changes in the affected Supplier Invoice and save the Invoice. This will retrigger the determination of Company tax arrangement. Exception will be resolved and the Invoice can be successfully posted. 

See Also

Keywords

The company tax return arrangement for ABC is not valid, VAT registration number missing, company tax arrangement is not valid. , KBA , SRD-SRM-SI , Supplier Invoicing , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions