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3672481 - Foreign Supplier Transactions Exempt from Withholding Tax Not Appearing in Form 30

Symptom

Invoices and payments issued to foreign suppliers exempt from withholding tax under Double Taxation Agreements (DTAA) are not appearing in Form 30.

Environment

  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
 

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Configure suppliers in the system without assigning any withholding tax type or code.

  2. Post supplier invoices and payments for these business partners.

  3. Execute Form 30 for the relevant company code and reporting period.

  4. Observe that transactions related to exempt foreign suppliers are not included in the generated Form 30 output file.

Cause

  • In standard SAP behavior, the Form 30 report includes only those transactions that contain withholding tax information. 
  • Since the foreign suppliers were not configured with any withholding tax type or code, the corresponding invoices and payments were excluded from the Form 30 output. 

Resolution

To include DTAA-exempt supplier transactions in Form 30, follow the steps below:

  1. Create a Withholding Tax Type specifically for suppliers exempt under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and set the tax rate to 0%.

  2. Assign the Withholding Tax Type to all relevant foreign supplier master records.

  3. Maintain exemption details such as the reason for exemption etc., in the supplier master data.

  4. Post supplier invoices ensuring that the newly created 0% Withholding Tax Type is applied during posting.

  5. Execute the Form 30 report and verify that the exempt supplier transactions are now included in the generated output.

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Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions