3772455 - eDocument Malaysia: General TIN (040) is Applicable for BRN NA Only

When submitting a Malaysia e-Invoice through Document and Reporting Compliance (DRC), the submission is rejected by the tax authority (LHDN) and the system raises the following error messages:

• Invalid:Step05-Taxpayer Profile Validator
• The invoice is acknowledged by TA.

The Buyer is a government school, government entity, local authority, statutory authority, or statutory body, and the Buyer's TIN has been maintained as EI00000000040 in BP master data.

Moreover, the detailed error message below from LHDH can be fetched as per KBA 3617188 - eDocument Malaysia: Document validator errors from the tax authority.

• General TIN (040) is applicable for BRN NA only

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Open the eDocument Cockpit app.
2. Locate the affected e-Invoice document that shows Validation Failed.
3. Choose Go to -> Application Log to view the detailed validator messages.
4. Choose Go to -> History to find the .Json file as per KBA 3617188 - eDocument Malaysia: Document validator errors from the tax authority.
5. Export the .Json file and open it, detailed error would be found.

According to the LHDNM e-Invoice Specific Guideline (Q26) and LHDNM e-Invoice General FAQs:

The general TIN EI00000000040 is designated for the issuance of e-Invoice / self-billed e-Invoice to government, state government, state authority, government entity, local authority, statutory authority, and statutory body. This general TIN is only valid in combination with BRN = NA.

The Buyer's BP master data has the actual company registration number maintained in MY5 (BRN), which does not meet the above requirement:

Update the Buyer's BP master data with the correct TIN and BRN combination as required by LHDNM for government/statutory body entities:

1. Open Business Partner master data for the Buyer.
2. Navigate to the Identification tab.
3. Update the tax number entries.
4. Save the BP master data.
5. Resubmit the e-Invoice via Manage Electronic Documents.

• Refer to: 3617188- eDocument Malaysia: Document validator errors from the tax authority 
• Refer to: Maintaining Tax Numbers for Business Partners| SAP Help
• Refer to: LHDNM e-Invoice General FAQs (TIN/BRN for government-related buyers)

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