How To Fix M8411 - Witholding tax code requires you to enter a witholding tax type

M8411 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: M8 - Invoice Verification/Valuation

• Message number: 411

• Message text: Witholding tax code requires you to enter a witholding tax type

What causes this issue?

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?

If you have entered a withholding tax code (field WI_TAX_CODE), then
you must also enter a withholding tax type (field WI_TAX_TYPE).

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message M8411 - Witholding tax code requires you to enter a witholding tax type ?

  The SAP error message M8411 indicates that a withholding tax code has been set up in the system, but the corresponding withholding tax type has not been specified. This error typically occurs during the processing of transactions that involve withholding tax, such as vendor invoices or payments.
  
  Cause:
  The error arises when:
  
  A withholding tax code is assigned to a transaction, but the system does not have a corresponding withholding tax type defined.
  The configuration for withholding tax in the SAP system is incomplete or incorrect.
  The withholding tax type is not maintained for the specific withholding tax code being used.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the M8411 error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Withholding Tax Code Configuration:
  
  Go to the transaction code OBWW (for maintaining withholding tax types).
  Verify that the withholding tax code in question is correctly configured and that a withholding tax type is assigned to it.
  
  
  
  Assign Withholding Tax Type:
  
  If the withholding tax type is missing, you need