How To Fix HRPAY99CALC001 - Retr.date &1 is before earliest retr.acc.date &2 of the payroll areas

HRPAY99CALC001 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAY99CALC - Error Messages from International Payroll

• Message number: 001

• Message text: Retr.date &1 is before earliest retr.acc.date &2 of the payroll areas

What causes this issue?

The retroactive date set by the system is before the earliest possible
retroactive date of the payroll areas in question.

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

System Response

The personnel numbers affected must be rejected in the payroll run.

How to fix this error?

Check and change the earliest possible retroactive period for the
payroll areas in question in transaction PA03.

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message HRPAY99CALC001 - Retr.date &1 is before earliest retr.acc.date &2 of the payroll areas ?

  The SAP error message HRPAY99CALC001 indicates that there is an issue with the retroactive date being set for payroll processing. Specifically, the error states that the retroactive date (&1) is earlier than the earliest retroactive account date (&2) defined for the payroll areas involved. This typically occurs when you are trying to process payroll for a period that is not allowed based on the configuration of the payroll area.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Retroactive Accounting Date: The retroactive accounting date you are trying to use is earlier than the defined earliest retroactive accounting date for the payroll area. This can happen if:
  
  You are trying to process payroll for a period that has already been closed.
  The configuration for the payroll area does not allow retroactive processing for the specified date.
  
  
  
  Payroll Area Configuration: Each payroll area has settings that define the earliest date for which retroactive accounting can be processed. If the date you are trying to