3694708 - Entry of tax is not possible because of tax base 0 in Down payments - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Message FF848 'Entry of tax for &1 &2 is not possible because of tax base 0' in Post Outgoing Payment/Post Incoming Payment when posting Down payment.

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• SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
• Post Outgoing Payment - F1612
• Post Incoming Payment - F1345 

1. Attempt to post down payment in app Post Outgoing Payment/ Post Incoming Payment
2. Message FF848 'Entry of tax for &1 &2 is not possible because of tax base 0' does not allow to post the document 

The G/L account assigned for Input Tax Clearing is configured with the Tax Category "Input Tax Account," which is unsuitable for a Tax Clearing account.

1. Tax Category '>' - 'Output tax account' should be set only in output tax G/L accounts.

2. Tax Category '<' - 'Input tax account' should be set only in input tax G/L accounts.

3. Tax Categories: *, -, + etc. could be set in clearing input/output tax G/L accounts.

   • For example, down payment clearing account for output tax should not have Tax Category: '>' - 'Output tax account' which is strictly reserved for tax accounts and should not be set in clearing accounts:

1. It is important to distinguish tax accounts from clearing tax accounts

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