How To Fix MDG_BS_MAT_SI016 - Duplicate entries for country &1 under purchase tax classification

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: MDG_BS_MAT_SI - Message Class : Material Replication Services Implementation

• Message number: 016

• Message text: Duplicate entries for country &1 under purchase tax classification

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message MDG_BS_MAT_SI016 - Duplicate entries for country &1 under purchase tax classification ?

  The SAP error message MDG_BS_MAT_SI016 indicates that there are duplicate entries for a specific country under the purchase tax classification in the Master Data Governance (MDG) system. This typically occurs when you are trying to create or update a material master record, and the system detects that there are multiple entries for the same country in the tax classification fields.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Entries: The most common cause is that there are multiple entries for the same country in the purchase tax classification section of the material master data. This can happen if the data was incorrectly entered or imported.
  Data Migration Issues: If data was migrated from another system or if there were bulk uploads, it is possible that duplicates were introduced during this process.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues in the configuration of the tax classification settings that allow for duplicate entries.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check Existing Entries: 
  
  Go to the material master data for the