How To Fix HRPAY99CALC726 - Ret.Acc. date of EE: &1 before the earliest Ret.Acc &2 of payroll area &3

HRPAY99CALC726 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAY99CALC - Error Messages from International Payroll

• Message number: 726

• Message text: Ret.Acc. date of EE: &1 before the earliest Ret.Acc &2 of payroll area &3

What causes this issue?

The earliest retroactive accounting period &V1& determined by the
system for an employee lies before the start &V2& of the 'earliest
retroactive accounting period' of payroll area &V3&.

System Response

The employee is rejected.

How to fix this error?

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

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message HRPAY99CALC726 - Ret.Acc. date of EE: &1 before the earliest Ret.Acc &2 of payroll area &3 ?

  The SAP error message HRPAY99CALC726 indicates that there is an issue with the retroactive accounting date for an employee in the payroll area. Specifically, the error states that the retroactive accounting date of the employee is before the earliest retroactive accounting date defined for the payroll area. This can occur in various scenarios, such as when processing payroll for an employee who has had changes in their data that require retroactive adjustments.
  
  Cause:
  
  Retroactive Accounting Date: The employee's retroactive accounting date (the date from which changes in payroll data should be applied) is set to a date that is earlier than the earliest retroactive accounting date defined for the payroll area.
  Payroll Area Configuration: The payroll area may have specific settings that restrict the retroactive accounting period, which can lead to this error if the employee's data changes fall outside of that range.
  Data Entry Errors: There may be incorrect data entries in the