How To Fix FKBPTAX012 - Tax number category &1 already contains an entry

FKBPTAX012 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FKBPTAX - Tax Numbers for Business Partner

• Message number: 012

• Message text: Tax number category &1 already contains an entry

What causes this issue?

The tax number table already contains an entry for tax number category
&V1& with this business partner. Only one entry per tax number category
is permitted in the tax number table.

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?

Delete the entry or change the tax number category of the entry.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FKBPTAX012 - Details

• The SAP error message FKBPTAX012 indicates that there is an attempt to create or modify a tax number category that already contains an entry in the system. This typically occurs when you are trying to assign a tax number to a tax number category that already has an existing entry for that category.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Entry: The most common cause is that the tax number category you are trying to use already has an entry in the system.
  Incorrect Data Entry: There may be a mistake in the data entry process, leading to an attempt to create a duplicate entry.
  
  Configuration Issues: There might be issues in the configuration of tax number categories in the system.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Existing Entries: 
  
  Navigate to the relevant transaction (e.g., transaction code OBD2 for tax number categories) and check if there is already an entry for the tax number category you are trying to create or modify.
  If an entry exists,