3751765 - Error in withholding tax certificate numbering Terminates Automatic Payments

• The automatic payment run in the "Manage Automatic Payments" app terminates due to the following error.
• Payment log shows: "Error in withholding tax certificate numbering, company code &".

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Open "Manage Automatic Payments" app.
2. Create a payment run with relevant parameters and enable Additional Log.
3. Include at least one supplier assigned to a withholding tax type that is certificate-number relevant.
4. Schedule the payment run.
5. Review the payment run log and observe the withholding tax certificate numbering errors and the job cancellation.

Withholding tax type used in the payment run is certificate-number relevant.
This can be checked in the "Define Withholding Tax Type for Payment Posting" configuration (ID: 104226).
Verify whether 'No certificate number' indicator is selected. If it is not selected, it is needed to configure certificate numbering for withholding tax.

1. Identify all business partners included in the payment run and note the withholding tax types assigned in their master data.
2. Open configuration activity "Withholding Tax Type for Payment Posting" (ID: 104226).
3. If certificate numbering is not required for a withholding tax type, set the indicator 'No certification number'.
4. If certificate numbering is required, maintain the necessary certificate numbering configuration.

Configuring Certificate Numbering for Withholding Tax

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