How To Fix FITVPS243 - Special travel costs are tax exempt; & is a taxable expense type

FITVPS243 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FITVPS -

• Message number: 243

• Message text: Special travel costs are tax exempt; & is a taxable expense type

What causes this issue?

You have entered a receipt for the special travel costs and the receipt
amount is subject to tax. (Special travel costs are necessary travel
costs between gratuitous accommodation provided outside of the
employee's new duty station and the employee's workplace; compare ? 3
para. 4, clause 4 of the German Separation Allowance Act.) However, the
special travel costs for this separation allowance event are exempt from
tax.

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?

Select a different (tax-exempt) expense type when entering the receipt
amount for the special travel costs.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FITVPS243 - Details

• The SAP error message FITVPS243 indicates a conflict in the configuration of travel costs in the system. Specifically, it suggests that there is a mismatch between the designation of certain travel costs as tax-exempt and their classification as a taxable expense type. Here’s a breakdown of the cause, potential solutions, and related information:
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Configuration Mismatch: The error typically arises when the system is configured to treat certain travel costs as tax-exempt, but the expense type associated with those costs is set up as taxable. This can happen due to incorrect settings in the travel management module or in the financial accounting settings.
  
  
  Expense Type Settings: The specific expense type used for the travel costs may have been incorrectly defined in the system, leading to the conflict.
  
  
  Tax Code Issues: The tax codes assigned to the travel costs may not align with the intended tax treatment (exempt vs. taxable).
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Review Expense Type Configuration:
  
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