How To Fix F5A280 - Average due date for cash discount: Tolerance days will not be considered

F5A280 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: F5A - Document Editing

• Message number: 280

• Message text: Average due date for cash discount: Tolerance days will not be considered

What causes this issue?

Items were selected from different accounts that have different
tolerance days in the business partner tolerance group (T043G-TOLER).

System Response

When determining days in arrears according to the average due date for
cash discount, the tolerance days defined in the tolerance group are
only taken into account if the accounts involved in clearing have the
same number of days.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

F5A280 - Details

• The SAP error message F5A280, which states "Average due date for cash discount: Tolerance days will not be considered," typically occurs in the context of financial transactions, particularly when dealing with cash discounts and payment terms in SAP.
  
  Cause:
  This error message is triggered when the system calculates the average due date for a cash discount but finds that the tolerance days defined in the payment terms are not being considered. This can happen due to several reasons:
  
  
  Payment Terms Configuration: The payment terms may not be set up correctly in the system. Specifically, the tolerance days might not be defined or activated in the payment terms configuration.
  
  
  Document Date: The document date or posting date may not align with the expected dates for cash discount calculations.
  
  
  Cash Discount Settings: The cash discount settings in the vendor or customer master data may not be configured to allow for tolerance days.
  
  
  Transaction Type: The type of transaction