Error using BAPI_INCOMINGINVOICE_CREATE

[Former Member]

Hi everybody,

I am using a BAPI BAPI_INCOMINGINVOICE_CREATE to create an MM invoice from an IDoc. This was working fine a while ago.

Now I am getting an error message 'ERROR IN EXTERNAL TAX SYSTEM' while using the same fm which was working fine a while ago.

I got this message even while creating invoice(MIRO) manually. But this has been rectified and its working fine manually. But when I use the BAPI its giving the same message again and again.

Does this BAPI have any limitations. I dont understand why its giving this message when it was working fine before.

Any suggestions please.

Thanks

Vamsi

[Former Member]

I suspect someone is playing with the customzing (I am assuming this is a DEV/TEST system). Are you using any external tax software ? I guess not.

I would rather debug the BAPI call to check why this messag e is being triggered.

Cheers,

Sanjeev

[Former Member]

Check your configuration settings. This error indicates that you are using some external tax system like TAXWARE and something is going wrong either with the call/connection to the system or some error thrown within that system. Check the configuration here

Implementation Guide for R/3 Customizing (IMG)
  -->Financial Accounting
     -->Financial Accounting Global Settings
        -->Tax on Sales/Purchases
           -->Basic Settings
              -->External Tax Calculation

Particularaly check the physical destination settings and the logical destination settings, including any enhancements that you may have done in your system.

Now why is it happening in BAPI call but not in MIRO, I don't know. Are you sure you are passing the same values to both the transaction and the BAPI, including any that may default in the transaction?

Let us know.

Srinivas