How To Fix 3N082 - Pers.no had a negative amount &1 in sum wage type &2

3N082 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 3N - HR: Messages for Swedish Payroll

• Message number: 082

• Message text: Pers.no had a negative amount &1 in sum wage type &2

What causes this issue?

The employee had a negative amount in one of the sum wage types.
This should not be reported to the authorities.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

3N082 - Details

• The SAP error message 3N082 indicates that there is a negative amount associated with a specific wage type for a personnel number (Pers.no). This typically occurs during payroll processing when the system encounters a situation where the total amount for a wage type is negative, which is not allowed in certain contexts.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Negative Wage Type Entries: The error usually arises when there are negative entries for wage types that should not allow negative values. This can happen due to:
  
  Incorrect manual entries in the payroll data.
  Adjustments or corrections that were not properly accounted for.
  Data inconsistencies or errors in the payroll configuration.
  
  
  
  Payroll 
  Configuration Issues: Certain wage types may be configured to not allow negative amounts, and if the payroll run attempts to process a negative value, this error will be triggered.
  
  
  Retroactive Accounting: If there are retroactive changes that result in a negative amount for a wage type, this can also lead to this