How To Fix HRCALARREPORTING042 - There is no contribution reduction percentage for area &1 in &2

HRCALARREPORTING042 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRCALARREPORTING - Messages for payroll reports

• Message number: 042

• Message text: There is no contribution reduction percentage for area &1 in &2

What causes this issue?

The employee that you are processing corresponds to a personnel Area
and Subarea that does not have a contribution reduction area
percentage.

How to fix this error?

Check the entries specified in the Implementation Guide section
<ZH>Payroll Accounting-> Social Insurance-> Master Data -> Check system
tables-> Check contribution reduction area percentages</>.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message HRCALARREPORTING042 - There is no contribution reduction percentage for area &1 in &2 ?

  The SAP error message HRCALARREPORTING042 indicates that there is no contribution reduction percentage defined for a specific area in the system. This error typically arises in the context of payroll processing or reporting, particularly when dealing with contributions to social security or other benefits.
  
  Cause:
  The error is caused by the absence of a defined contribution reduction percentage for a specific area (e.g., a country, region, or specific employee group) in the configuration settings. This can happen due to:
  
  Missing Configuration: The necessary configuration for contribution reduction percentages has not been set up in the system.
  Incorrect Area Code: The area code specified in the report or payroll run does not match any existing configuration.
  Data Migration Issues: If data has been migrated from another system, some configurations may not have been transferred correctly.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Configuration:
  
  Navigate to the relevant configuration settings in SAP (usually in the IMG