How To Fix 5G070 - Enter either a P45 tax week number or a P45 tax month number

5G070 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 5G - HR: Messages for Britain

• Message number: 070

• Message text: Enter either a P45 tax week number or a P45 tax month number

What causes this issue?

Depending on whether the employee is paid by week or by month, you
should enter either the last tax week or last tax month in which the
employee was paid by the previous employer. However, you have made an
entry in both fields. The correct information is given on the
employee's P45 form.

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?

Enter the information from the employee's P45 form in the correct
field.

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 5G070 - Enter either a P45 tax week number or a P45 tax month number ?

  The SAP error message 5G070 indicates that the system requires either a P45 tax week number or a P45 tax month number to proceed with the payroll processing or tax reporting. This error typically arises in the context of payroll processing in the UK, where P45 forms are used to report an employee's tax information when they leave a job.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when:
  
  The required fields for the P45 tax week number or P45 tax month number are not filled in.
  The data entry for the P45 tax week or month is incorrect or missing.
  The payroll processing is attempting to generate a P45 without the necessary tax period information.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Data Entry: Ensure that the P45 tax week number or P45 tax month number is correctly entered in the relevant fields. If you are processing a P45, one of these fields must be populated.
  
  
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