How To Fix HRPAYIEPAYROLL555 - Employment Start Date must exist within the tax year

HRPAYIEPAYROLL555 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAYIEPAYROLL - Message class for payroll reporting - IE

• Message number: 555

• Message text: Employment Start Date must exist within the tax year

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HRPAYIEPAYROLL555 - Details

• The SAP error message HRPAYIEPAYROLL555 indicates that the Employment Start Date for an employee does not fall within the valid tax year for payroll processing. This error typically arises during payroll processing when the system checks the validity of the employment dates against the defined tax year.
  
  Cause:
  
  Employment Start Date: The employee's start date is either before the beginning of the current tax year or after the end of the current tax year.
  Tax Year Configuration: The tax year settings in the system may not be correctly configured, leading to discrepancies in date validation.
  Data Entry Errors: There may have been a mistake in entering the employment start date in the employee's master data.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Employment Start Date:
  
  Navigate to the employee's master data (usually in PA30 or PA20).
  Verify the Employment Start Date and ensure it falls within the current tax year.
  
  
  
  Adjust Employment Start Date:
  
  If the date is incorrect, update it to a valid date