How To Fix WS881 - Text items have no tax information

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS - Supplier Billing Document

• Message number: 881

• Message text: Text items have no tax information

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WS881 - Text items have no tax information ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation regarding the SAP error message WS881: "Text items have no tax information":
  
  Error Message: WS881 - Text items have no tax information
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs during the posting of financial documents (such as vendor invoices, customer invoices, or credit memos) when the system detects that one or more line items are classified as text items but do not have any tax information assigned.
  
  Text items in SAP FI are line items that contain only descriptive text and no financial amounts or tax codes.
  However, in certain document types or posting scenarios, the system expects every item (including text items) to have tax information or at least a tax code assigned.
  This inconsistency triggers the WS881 error.
  
  Common scenarios causing WS881:
  
  Posting a document with text items but without assigning a tax code.
  Using document types or transaction variants that require tax information on all line items.
  Customizing or configuration issues where tax determination is