How To Fix CMD_BS_MAT_SI020 - Duplicate entries for sales tax category &1, country &2

CMD_BS_MAT_SI020 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CMD_BS_MAT_SI - Message Class : Product Replication Services Implementation

• Message number: 020

• Message text: Duplicate entries for sales tax category &1, country &2

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message CMD_BS_MAT_SI020 - Duplicate entries for sales tax category &1, country &2 ?

  The SAP error message CMD_BS_MAT_SI020 indicates that there are duplicate entries for a specific sales tax category in a given country. This typically occurs in the context of material master data or tax configuration settings where the system expects unique entries for combinations of sales tax categories and countries.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Configuration: The most common cause is that there are multiple entries in the tax configuration tables for the same sales tax category and country combination.
  Data Migration Issues: If data was migrated from another system or if there were manual entries, duplicates may have been inadvertently created.
  Incorrect Master Data Maintenance: Users may have entered the same sales tax category for the same country multiple times in the material master or tax configuration.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Configuration: 
  
  Go to the relevant configuration settings in SAP (usually in the SPRO transaction) and check the tax category settings for the specific country.
  Look for duplicate entries in the tax