How To Fix HRPAYNLLA505 - A newer, open wage tax return exists for this person

HRPAYNLLA505 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: HRPAYNLLA - Notifications for Wage Return NL

• Message number: 505

• Message text: A newer, open wage tax return exists for this person

What causes this issue?

The <ZK>Annual Employee Statement (New) </>(RPCJWNN1) only chooses data
from the closed Wage Tax Return. It is important that the most recent
data is included in the wage tax return. Since there is still a Wage Tax
Return that has not been closed, close it first and then create the
annual statement.

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

System Response

How to fix this error?

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 HRPAYNLLA505 - A newer, open wage tax return exists for this person ?

  The SAP error message HRPAYNLLA505, which states "A newer, open wage tax return exists for this person," typically occurs in the context of payroll processing in SAP HR (Human Resources) when there is an attempt to process a wage tax return for an employee who already has an open wage tax return that has not been finalized or closed.
  
  Cause:
  
  Open Wage Tax Return: The primary cause of this error is that there is an existing wage tax return for the employee that is still open. This means that the system recognizes that there is an ongoing process related to wage tax returns that needs to be completed before a new one can be initiated.
  Data Entry Issues: There may be issues with the data entry or payroll processing that led to the creation of multiple wage tax returns for the same period.
  Timing Issues: If payroll processing is done in a way that