3785615 - Withholding Tax Code field greyed out for suppliers in Maintain Business Partner application

Unable to enter the Withholding Tax Code for Intercompany Suppliers in the Maintain Business Partner app; the field is greyed out on the Withholding Tax tab.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Open Business Partner and edit a supplier.
2. Navigate to the Supplier Financial Accounting role -> Company Code -> Withholding Tax tab.
3. Enter a withholding tax type and press Enter.
4. Try to enter the withholding tax code; the field is greyed out and cannot be edited.

The field status for “Withholding Tax Code” is set to Display only mode in the SSCUI “Define Account Groups with Screen Layout (Vendor)” for the account group used by intercompany suppliers, making the field non-editable.

Follow below steps for maintaining Configuration in the Account Group in Manage Your Solution' app:

1. Open 'Manage Your Solution' app.
2. Navigate to 'Configure Your Solution'.
3. Search for the ID '500092'.
4. Choose configuration activity '103127 - Define Account Groups with Screen Layout (Vendor)'.
5. Select the account group used for intercompany suppliers.
6. For the Supplier: Company Code role, locate the field “Withholding Tax Code” in the field status settings.
7. Change the field status from “Display” to “Optional Entry.”

In case while using SAP Central Business Configuration (CBC) :

1. Log on to the project experience in SAP Central Business Configuration.
2. Select the relevant project.
3. Navigate to the configurations activity tab.
4. Search for the configuration activity '103127 - Define Account Groups with Screen Layout (Vendor)'.
5. Select the account group used for intercompany suppliers.
6. For the Supplier: Company Code role, locate the field “Withholding Tax Code” in the field status settings.
7. Change the field status from “Display” to “Optional Entry.”

Reopen the supplier in the Business Partner app and navigate to Supplier Financial Accounting -> Company Code -> Withholding Tax tab.
Enter the withholding tax type and confirm that the withholding tax code field is now editable.

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