How To Fix FIMY_GST005 - Enter posting date or tax reporting date or document date

FIMY_GST005 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FIMY_GST - Message Class for Malaysia GST

• Message number: 005

• Message text: Enter posting date or tax reporting date or document date

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FIMY_GST005 - Details

• The SAP error message FIMY_GST005 typically indicates that a required date field is missing in a transaction related to tax reporting or posting. This error often arises in the context of financial transactions, particularly when dealing with tax-related entries.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when:
  
  The posting date, tax reporting date, or document date is not provided in the transaction.
  The system requires at least one of these dates to process the transaction correctly.
  The date fields may be incorrectly formatted or not filled in due to user oversight or system configuration issues.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the FIMY_GST005 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check the Transaction Entry:
  
  Ensure that you have entered a valid posting date, tax reporting date, or document date in the relevant fields of the transaction.
  Verify that the dates are in the correct format (e.g., DD/MM/YYYY).
  
  
  
  Review Configuration Settings:
  
  If you are a system administrator, check the configuration settings for the tax reporting and posting processes to