How To Fix AA461 - Transfer with different tax location codes

AA461 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: AA - Messages for Asset Accounting

• Message number: 461

• Message text: Transfer with different tax location codes

What causes this issue?

You are transferring between two assets with different tax
jurisdiction codes.

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?

Check whether you still need to carry out correction posting after
making the transfer.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

AA461 - Details

• The SAP error message AA461: Transfer with different tax location codes typically occurs in the context of asset accounting when there is an attempt to transfer an asset between different company codes or locations that have different tax location codes. This can happen during asset transfers, retirements, or other asset-related transactions.
  
  Cause:
  The error is triggered when:
  
  An asset is being transferred from one location (or company code) to another, and the tax location codes associated with these locations do not match.
  The system requires that the tax location codes be the same for the transfer to be valid, as different tax codes may imply different tax treatments or regulations.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Tax Location Codes:
  
  Verify the tax location codes for both the source and target company codes or locations. You can do this by navigating to the relevant configuration settings in SAP.
  
  
  
  Align Tax Location Codes:
  
  If the tax