How To Fix 3W201 - No employees where selected for Tax Certificate generation

3W201 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 3W - HR: Message Class South Africa

• Message number: 201

• Message text: No employees where selected for Tax Certificate generation

What causes this issue?

The tax certificate generation process did not select any employees for
whom tax certificates could be processed.
Either:
Your selection criteria during the generation step (report RPCTCGW0)
excluded all employees. Check your entries in the fields 'PAYE
reference number' or 'tax year' fields.
All employees for your selection have been processed in a previous run.
As these tax certificates have not been cancelled, you cannot process
the run again.
All employees for your selection have been excluded via the selection
step Include/Exclude Employees (report RPCTCSW0).

How to fix this error?

Locate the inconsistent information entered and make any appropriate
changes.
Rerun the tax certificate generation process.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 3W201 - No employees where selected for Tax Certificate generation ?

  The SAP error message 3W201: No employees were selected for Tax Certificate generation typically occurs when you attempt to generate tax certificates (like the IRP5 in South Africa) but the system does not find any employees that meet the selection criteria. Here are some common causes, solutions, and related information for this error:
  Causes:
  
  No Employees in the Selection Criteria: The selection criteria you have set do not match any employees in the system. This could be due to incorrect date ranges, employee status, or other filters.
  Employee Data Issues: Employees may not have the necessary data filled in (e.g., tax information, employment status) to qualify for the tax certificate generation.
  Incorrect Payroll Period: The payroll period selected may not correspond to the period for which tax certificates are being generated.
  Authorization Issues: The user may not have the necessary authorizations to access the employee data required for tax certificate generation.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be