How To Fix TU239 - Start date for advance payment &1 is before last due date

TU239 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: TU - Billing/Scheduling/Budget Billing

• Message number: 239

• Message text: Start date for advance payment &1 is before last due date

What causes this issue?

The advance payment date is after the budget billing or partial bill
request date.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Enter an earlier date.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

TU239 - Details

• The SAP error message TU239, which states "Start date for advance payment &1 is before last due date," typically occurs in the context of managing advance payments in SAP, particularly in the area of contract management or billing. This error indicates that the start date for the advance payment you are trying to process is set before the last due date of the related transaction or contract.
  
  Cause:
  
  Incorrect Date Configuration: The start date for the advance payment is set earlier than the last due date of the related billing or contract.
  Business Rules Violation: The system may have business rules that prevent advance payments from being processed if they are scheduled before the last due date of the associated transaction.
  Data Entry Error: There may have been a mistake in entering the dates during the transaction setup.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Check Dates: Review the start date of the advance payment and the last due date of the