How To Fix 8B316 - Tax region for customers/vendors from &1 is not maintained

8B316 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 8B - Localization (Brazil)

• Message number: 316

• Message text: Tax region for customers/vendors from &1 is not maintained

What causes this issue?

In the tax calculation a non-brazilian customer or vendor is used. For
such customers/vendors the tax region is determined automatically
depending on the country for which the customer/vendor is defined.
Since the rule for the determination is not maintained correctly the
system cannot find the tax region. Therefore the tax calculation for
such a customer/vendor cannot be processed.

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?

Please maintain the assignment 'Country -> Tax region'
for the country of your customer/vendor using the customizing function
<DS:SIMG.J_1BTAX_REG_EXPORT>Tax regions for foreign customers/vendors
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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 8B316 - Tax region for customers/vendors from &1 is not maintained ?

  The SAP error message 8B316 indicates that the tax region for customers or vendors is not maintained in the system. This error typically arises when you are trying to process transactions involving customers or vendors, and the system cannot determine the appropriate tax region for the specified entity.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the tax region for the customer or vendor in question has not been defined in the system. This can happen due to:
  
  Missing Configuration: The tax region may not have been set up in the customer or vendor master data.
  Incorrect Master Data: The customer or vendor master data may be incomplete or incorrectly maintained.
  Changes in Tax Regulations: Changes in tax laws or regulations may require updates to the tax region settings.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Customer/Vendor Master Data:
  
  Go to the customer or vendor master record in SAP (transaction codes like XD03 for