Module pool for CO Month End Process

This document is explaining the process of creating a module pool for the SAP CO Month End Process. The objective is to provide a simplified screen to the end user to complete the month end process. Normally this process will be done by an ABPER, but it can be done by a functional consultant with a little bit knowledge on coding which is very simple.

Note: The document is appears to be lengthy because of adding detailed screens for every step.

I have provided the detailed steps to complete the process. Before going into the details, end result of the screen to be developed is as follows:

Error FS 861 in External Tax System

The purpose of this blog is help to identify the root cause of error FS 861 in External Tax System (SABRIX, VERTEX and TAXWARE).

Error FS 861 can be a generic error resulted from RFC_CALCULATE_TAXES_DOC when external tax calculation is used. The cause can be wrong jurisdiction code, jurisdiction code structure, country not supported and so on.

The steps bellow should be followed to identify the root cause of error FS 861.

1. Check if company code is US,CA,PR:

According with SAP Note 1738657, SAP supports external tax systems only for the country codes US, CA and PR (Puerto Rico). This means the country of the company code must be one of these countries so that taxes are calculated using the external tax system and are also updated there.