How To Fix FMBGA008 - Document type for input tax adjustment documents does not exist

FMBGA008 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FMBGA - Messages for Public-Owned Commercial Operations

• Message number: 008

• Message text: Document type for input tax adjustment documents does not exist

What causes this issue?

You cannot post a tax input adjustment as no document type was defined
in Customizing <LS>Funds Management Government</> for the adjustment
documents.

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?

Define a document type for the adjustment documents in Customizing.

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message FMBGA008 - Document type for input tax adjustment documents does not exist ?

  The SAP error message FMBGA008 indicates that the system cannot find a valid document type for input tax adjustment documents. This typically occurs in the context of financial accounting and tax adjustments, particularly when dealing with VAT or sales tax.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Document Type: The document type for input tax adjustments has not been defined in the system.
  
  Configuration Issues: The configuration settings for tax adjustments may not be properly set up in the SAP system.
  Authorization Issues: The user may not have the necessary authorizations to access or create documents of the specified type.
  Incorrect Settings: The document type may be incorrectly configured or deactivated.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Document Type Configuration:
  
  Go to the SAP transaction code OBYX (or OBA7 depending on your version) to check the configuration of document types.
  Ensure that the document type for input tax adjustments is defined and active.
  
  
  
  Define Document Type:
  
  If the document type does not