How To Fix 5O657 - You must specify the assessment basis for quarterly income.

5O657 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 5O - Notifications in the Master Data Area (Austria)

• Message number: 657

• Message text: You must specify the assessment basis for quarterly income.

What causes this issue?

You have recorded a payment that is relevant for the allowed
quarterly earnings. However, you have not made an entry in the field
<ZH>Assess. base for quart. earnings</>.
The following payments are relevant for the allowed quarterly earnings:
Voluntary severance pay
Pension severance pay
Leave compensation or holiday pay
These payments are taxed according to par 67 (6) of the Income Tax Law
[EStG]. The assessment base for the quarterly earnings is necessary for
this type of taxation.

System Response

The system cannot save the infotype record.

How to fix this error?

Enter the assessment base for the employee in the field <ZH>Assess.
base for quart. earn.</> or delete your entries in the fields relevant
for the allowed quarterly earnings.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

5O657 - Details

• The SAP error message 5O657 ("You must specify the assessment basis for quarterly income") typically occurs in the context of financial reporting or tax calculations within the SAP system, particularly when dealing with income assessments for quarterly reporting.
  
  Cause:
  This error usually arises when the system requires a specific assessment basis for calculating quarterly income, but it has not been provided. The assessment basis is essential for determining how income is calculated and reported for the quarter. This could be due to:
  
  Missing Configuration: The assessment basis may not be configured in the system.
  Incomplete Data Entry: The user may not have entered all necessary data related to the income assessment.
  Incorrect Settings: The settings for the financial reporting or tax calculation may not be correctly defined.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Configuration:
  
  Navigate to the relevant configuration settings in SAP (usually found in the Financial Accounting or Controlling modules).
  Ensure that the