How To Fix FICUSTOM155 - No automatic down payment clearing. Down payment contains taxes.

FICUSTOM155 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FICUSTOM - Customizable Messages for Funds Management

• Message number: 155

• Message text: No automatic down payment clearing. Down payment contains taxes.

What causes this issue?

Automatic down payment clearing is not possible.

System Response

The payment selection has been activated in the Customizing settings for
the payment update.
The document to be posted references the earmarked fund &V1&. The
related down payment &V2& &V3& &V4& was posted with taxes. The payment
selection cannot make a distinction between the tax portion for the down
payment and the tax portion for the invoice. This means that no rows can
be generated during automatic down payment clearing.

How to fix this error?

This message can be defined in Customizing. The default value ?W?
informs the user that no entries for automatic down payment clearing
have been created, which reference this document. You can change this
message to ?E? to stop the entire posting or set it to ?-? to hide this
message. Use the transaction SM30 to maintain the view V_T100C. Enter
the work area FICUSTOM and the message number 155 to do so..

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FICUSTOM155 - Details

• The SAP error message FICUSTOM155 indicates that there is an issue with automatic down payment clearing due to the presence of taxes in the down payment. This typically occurs in scenarios where a down payment is made, and the system is unable to automatically clear it against the final invoice because the down payment includes tax amounts.
  
  Cause:
  
  Tax Inclusion: The down payment includes tax amounts, which complicates the automatic clearing process. The system requires that the tax amounts in the down payment and the final invoice match for automatic clearing to occur.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the SAP system that do not allow for automatic clearing when taxes are involved.
  Document Types: The document types used for the down payment and the final invoice may not be set up to allow for automatic clearing.
  Posting Keys: The posting keys used in the down payment may not be compatible with the