How To Fix WS826 - New payment recipient only allowed with new invoicing party

WS826 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS - Supplier Billing Document

• Message number: 826

• Message text: New payment recipient only allowed with new invoicing party

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WS826 - Details

• Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message WS826: "New payment recipient only allowed with new invoicing party":
  
  Error Message:
  WS826 - New payment recipient only allowed with new invoicing party
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs when you try to assign a new payment recipient to a billing document or invoice, but the invoicing party (the party responsible for the invoice) has not been changed or updated accordingly.
  In SAP SD (Sales and Distribution), the payment recipient is typically linked to the invoicing party. If you want to specify a new payment recipient, the system expects that the invoicing party is also changed to a new one. If the invoicing party remains the same, the system does not allow a new payment recipient to be assigned independently.
  This is a business rule to ensure consistency between the invoicing party and the payment recipient, avoiding situations where the payment recipient is unrelated or inconsistent with the