How To Fix FOT_TXA001 - RITA is inactive. The tax country must not be filled in table &1.

FOT_TXA001 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FOT_TXA - Tax abroad messages

• Message number: 001

• Message text: RITA is inactive. The tax country must not be filled in table &1.

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FOT_TXA001 - Details

• The SAP error message FOT_TXA001 indicates that the tax country is not properly configured in the system for the specified table. This error typically arises when the tax configuration for a specific country is inactive or not set up correctly in the system.
  
  Cause:
  
  Inactive Tax Configuration: The tax configuration for the specified country (RITA in this case) is inactive. This means that the system does not recognize the tax settings for that country.
  Missing Entries: There may be missing entries in the relevant tax tables that are required for the system to process transactions involving that country.
  Incorrect Table Reference: The error message references a specific table (indicated by &1), which may not have the necessary tax country information filled in.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Activate Tax Configuration:
  
  Go to the transaction code OBYZ (or the relevant transaction for your version of SAP) to check the tax configuration settings.
  Ensure that the tax configuration for the country in question (RITA)