How To Fix ICL_BDT_DI_IN017 - There is more than one business partner for tax payment

ICL_BDT_DI_IN017 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: ICL_BDT_DI_IN - Messages for Inbound Layer (BDT)

• Message number: 017

• Message text: There is more than one business partner for tax payment

What causes this issue?

In direct input processing for the benefit split, you specified that the
business partner for tax payment should be determined automatically from
the policy management system. However, the policy management system
returned more than one business partner.

System Response

The system is unable to assign any business partner as the tax payer.

How to fix this error?

Perform one of the following activities:
In direct input, enter the actual business partner number of the tax
payer.
Change the settings in the policy management system so that only one
business partner is returned as being the tax payer.

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.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message ICL_BDT_DI_IN017 - There is more than one business partner for tax payment ?

  The SAP error message ICL_BDT_DI_IN017 indicates that there is more than one business partner associated with a tax payment. This typically occurs in the context of insurance claims processing or financial transactions where a specific tax payment is linked to multiple business partners, which can lead to ambiguity in processing.
  
  Cause:
  
  Multiple Business Partners: The primary cause of this error is that the system has identified more than one business partner linked to the tax payment in question. This can happen if:
  The tax payment is associated with multiple entities (e.g., multiple insured parties).
  There are configuration issues in the business partner settings.
  Data entry errors where multiple business partners were incorrectly assigned to the same tax payment.
  
  
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Review Business Partner Assignments:
  
  Check the business partners associated with the tax payment. You can do this by navigating to the relevant transaction or report in SAP that displays business