How To Fix HRPAY99CALC749 - Retro. acctng date &1 is before personal earliest retro. acctng date &2

HRPAY99CALC749 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAY99CALC - Error Messages from International Payroll

• Message number: 749

• Message text: Retro. acctng date &1 is before personal earliest retro. acctng date &2

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message HRPAY99CALC749 - Retro. acctng date &1 is before personal earliest retro. acctng date &2 ?

  The SAP error message HRPAY99CALC749 indicates that there is an issue with retroactive accounting dates in the payroll process. Specifically, the error states that the retroactive accounting date (&1) is earlier than the personal earliest retroactive accounting date (&2). This typically occurs when you are trying to process payroll for a period that is not allowed based on the employee's configuration.
  
  Cause:
  
  Retroactive Accounting Date: The retroactive accounting date you are trying to use is set to a date that is earlier than the earliest retroactive accounting date defined for the employee in their master data.
  Employee Master Data: The employee's master data may have restrictions on how far back payroll can be processed retroactively.
  Payroll Configuration: There may be configuration settings in the payroll schema or rules that restrict retroactive accounting to certain periods.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Employee Master Data:
  
  Go to the employee's master data (infotype 0003 - Payroll Status) and check the "Earliest Retroactive Accounting