How To Fix HRPAYDEST815 - Church tax features of spouse on &1 do not match

HRPAYDEST815 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAYDEST - Message Class: Taxes Germany

• Message number: 815

• Message text: Church tax features of spouse on &1 do not match

What causes this issue?

The church tax features of the employee and spouse do not match the
permitted combinations according to the BMF circular of February 6,
2008.
According to this circular, you have to enter the spouse's religious
denomination only if the spouses have different religious denominations.
However, if the spouses have the same religious denomination or have
different faiths, the church tax feature does not have to be reported.
For example:
Religion EE,,Religion Spouse,,Religions of Employment Tax Card/ELStAM
rk,,rk,,rk
rk,,ev,,rk / ev
rk ,,--,,rk
--,,ev,,--

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

For invalid combinations, the religion of the spouse is not transferred
to the payroll table ST when payroll is run.
In these cases, the religion of the spouse is not relevant for
calculating the employment tax; however, the employment tax statement
would be rejected by the clearing office.

System Response

How to fix this error?

Check the church tax deduction features on the tax card or in the
statement of the financial authorities.
The clearing office can reject the employment tax statement due to an
invalid combination of church tax deduction features. In 2012, the data
is corrected when creating the notifications such that the statement
data is accepted by the clearing office.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

HRPAYDEST815 - Details

• The SAP error message HRPAYDEST815 indicates that there is a mismatch in the church tax features of a spouse in the payroll data for an employee. This error typically arises in the context of payroll processing in Germany, where church tax is applicable.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when the church tax features (such as the church tax type, tax class, or exemption status) for the employee and their spouse do not align. This can happen due to several reasons:
  
  The spouse's church tax status is not correctly maintained in the system.
  There is a discrepancy in the tax class assigned to the employee and their spouse.
  The employee's marital status or tax information has been updated, but the spouse's information has not been synchronized.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the HRPAYDEST815 error, follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Employee and Spouse Data:
  
  Go to the employee's master data (transaction code PA20 or PA30).
  Review the infotype 0014 (Recurring Payments/Deductions) and infotype 0002 (Personal Data)