How To Fix FKKINV041 - External tax date does not correspond to type of tax date

FKKINV041 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FKKINV - Invoicing in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable

• Message number: 041

• Message text: External tax date does not correspond to type of tax date

What causes this issue?

In a billing line item you have enter the
<DS:DE.EXT_TAX_DATE_KK>external tax date</> &v1&. However, the relevant
billing document header has the <DS:DE.TAX_DET_TYPE_KK>type of tax date
</> &v2&.

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?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FKKINV041 - Details

• The SAP error message FKKINV041 indicates that there is a mismatch between the external tax date and the type of tax date expected in the system. This error typically arises in the context of invoicing and tax processing within the SAP system, particularly in the area of contract accounts receivable and payable (FI-CA).
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when the external tax date provided in the invoice does not match the expected type of tax date. This can happen due to several reasons:
  
  Incorrect Configuration: The tax date type configured in the system does not align with the external tax date being used in the transaction.
  Data Entry Error: The user may have entered an incorrect date or selected the wrong date type when processing the invoice.
  Inconsistent Data: There may be inconsistencies in the data being pulled from external systems or interfaces that feed into SAP.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the FKKINV041 error, you can take the following