How To Fix HRPAYDEST042 - Run payroll for personnel no. again after retroactive change to period

HRPAYDEST042 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAYDEST - Message Class: Taxes Germany

• Message number: 042

• Message text: Run payroll for personnel no. again after retroactive change to period

What causes this issue?

The statement period was changed in the payroll history.

System Response

When the data for the employment tax statement is created, the results
from payroll table SCRT are assigned to the respective statement
periods. The start and end dates of the statement period are determined
from infotype 0012 (Tax Data - D).
If the statement period in infotype 0012 is changed for completed
payroll periods, the SCRT payroll tables must be updated. The person
must go through payroll again and the tax for the involved periods must
be recalculated.

How to fix this error?

Run payroll for the personnel number again before you create the data
for the employment tax statement.

Procedure for System Administrators

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

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

HRPAYDEST042 - Details

• The SAP error message HRPAYDEST042 typically occurs in the context of payroll processing when there has been a retroactive change to an employee's data that affects a previous payroll period. This error indicates that the payroll for the specified personnel number needs to be re-run due to changes that have been made to the employee's data after the payroll for that period was already processed.
  
  Cause:
  
  Retroactive Changes: Changes to employee master data (e.g., salary changes, tax information, or other relevant data) that affect payroll calculations for a period that has already been processed.
  Payroll Lock: The payroll for the affected period may be locked, preventing further processing until the necessary adjustments are made.
  Incorrect Configuration: There may be issues with the configuration of the payroll schema or rules that are not accommodating the retroactive changes properly.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Re-run Payroll: The primary solution is to re-run the payroll for the affected personnel number and the impacted