How To Fix FOT_B2A502 - No special advance payment amount maintained

FOT_B2A502 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FOT_B2A - Messages Administration Report Electronic Data Transmission

• Message number: 502

• Message text: No special advance payment amount maintained

What causes this issue?

You attempted to generate a return for special advance payment for tax
on sales/purchases for taxes on sales/purchases group &V1& in fiscal
year &V2&. No advance payment amount is defined yet in Customizing.

System Response

The system does not create a return in electronic communication with
authorities.

How to fix this error?

Edit the advance payment amount in the SAP Customizing Implementation
Guide (transaction SPRO).
For more information, see <DS:SIMG.SIMG_CFMENUORFBOBCJ>Enter Amounts for
Advance Payment of Tax on Sales/Purchases</>

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FOT_B2A502 - Details

• The SAP error message FOT_B2A502: No special advance payment amount maintained typically occurs in the context of financial transactions, particularly when dealing with advance payments in the SAP system. This error indicates that the system is expecting a specific advance payment amount to be defined, but it has not been set up in the relevant configuration or master data.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Configuration: The advance payment amount may not have been configured in the system for the relevant vendor or customer.
  Master Data Issues: The vendor or customer master data may not have the necessary advance payment information maintained.
  Transaction Type: The transaction being processed may require an advance payment amount that has not been defined in the system.
  Document Type: The document type being used may not be set up to handle advance payments correctly.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Vendor/Customer Master Data:
  
  Navigate to the vendor or customer master data in SAP.
  Ensure that the advance payment amount is maintained in