With holding tax error FZ379-"Error in WHT certificate numbering"-Thailand

Question

Hi,
We are receiving an error "FZ379 - Error in WHT certificate numbering" while posting an outgoing payment for a vendor in Thailnd.
Here is the business process we follwed:
1. Posted Down payment request on vendor.
2. Paid down payment through F110.
3. Cleared down payment using F-54 and created a credit in vendor.
4. Posted an invoice to vendor.
5. Ran F110 to pay the net amount to the vendor, No errors in payment proposal but when the payment run is carried out it got cancelled with error message FBZ79.
As  an alternative, we posted a credit memo replacing the down payment credit and then F110, To our surprise the payment run completed successfully.
Does it make sense to anyboy? Is this issue applies to only Thailand.
Thanks,
Mano.

Answer 1

Hello Mano,
I would like to refer you to the following note :-
  1090637  Thailand-Withholding tax certificate numbering, RFIDYYWT
which states :-
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Solution
For release 470 onwards, certificate number generation at the time of
document posting is not supported by SAP. SAP recommends generating
certificate numbering at the time of reporting.
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Can you kindly check the following customizing in IMG (Transaction
SPRO) :-
-> Financial Accounting
  -> Financial Accouting Basic Settings
   -> Withholding Tax
    -> Extended Withholding Tax
     -> Calculation
      -> Withholding Tax Type
       -> Define Withholding Tax Type for Payment Posting
        -> Country Key TH
         -> Wth.t.type 11
Inside the customizing, there is a tab 'Control Data'. Please select the
checkbox 'No Cert. Numbering'. ie certificate number should not be
generated during payment. It should be generated when you run RFIDYYWT.
hope this helps
Ray
Edited by: Lakshmipathi on Jan 25, 2011 2:53 PM
It is enough if you provide the OSS note number.  Dont copy paste the solution since legally it is not allowed