CX_HRPA_INVALID_CUSTOMIZATION - No tax company info in table T5U0P

Question

Hello Gurus,
We are upgrading from 4.6C to ECC 6.
SAP has included new functionality in program SAPUP50R that throws an exception when trying to hire a new U.S. employee. It is a result of the table T5U0P not having a tax company.
In 4.6 C this table (and it's data) is identical and yet this new SAP code makes an assumption that T5U0P contains tax company info.
Any idea why we need tax companies defined in this table for ECC when this was not a requirement in 4.6C?
Below is the short dump text. You can see on line 48 SAP writes in the comments that "txcmp must exist or there are serious config issues"
thanks,
Matt
Runtime Errors         UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION
Except.                CX_HRPA_INVALID_CUSTOMIZATION
Date and Time          2008/04/11 00:09:42
Short text
An exception occurred that was not caught.
What happened?
The exception 'CX_HRPA_INVALID_CUSTOMIZATION' was raised, but it was not caught
anywhere along
the call hierarchy.
Since exceptions represent error situations and this error was not
adequately responded to, the running ABAP program
'CL_HRPAYUS_EMPLOYER===========CP' has to be
terminated.
Error analysis
An exception occurred that is explained in detail below.
The exception, which is assigned to class 'CX_HRPA_INVALID_CUSTOMIZATION', was
not caught in
procedure "UPDATE_WITH_UP50R_ADAPTER" "(FORM)", nor was it propagated by a
RAISING clause.
Since the caller of the procedure could not have anticipated that the
exception would occur, the current program is terminated.
The reason for the exception is:
Invalid Customizing
Missing RAISING Clause in Interface
Program                                 SAPUP50R
Include                                 UP50RU02
Row                                     14
Module type                             (FORM)
Module Name                             UPDATE_WITH_UP50R_ADAPTER
Trigger Location of Exception
Program                                 CL_HRPAYUS_EMPLOYER===========CP
Include                                 CL_HRPAYUS_EMPLOYER===========CM004
Row                                     51
Module type                             (METHOD)
Module Name                             GET_TAX_COMPANY_TAB
Source Code Extract
Line
SourceCde
21
subty         = space
22
objps         = space
23
sprps         = if_hrpa_read_infotype=>unlocked
24
begda         = p_period-begda
25
endda         = p_period-endda
26
no_auth_check = if_hrpa_boole_d=>true
27
IMPORTING
28
infotype_tab  = lt_prelp.
29
30
CALL METHOD cl_hr_pnnnn_type_cast=>prelp_to_pnnnn_tab
31
EXPORTING
32
prelp_tab = lt_prelp
33
IMPORTING
34
pnnnn_tab = lt_p0001.
35
36
PROVIDE FIELDS werks btrtl
37
FROM lt_p0001 INTO l_p0001
38
VALID l_p0001_exists
39
BOUNDS begda AND endda
40
BETWEEN p_period-begda AND p_period-endda.
41
42
get tax company from T5U0P
43
SELECT SINGLE txcmp FROM t5u0p
44
INTO l_txcmp
45
WHERE werks = l_p0001-werks
46
AND btrtl = l_p0001-btrtl.
47
IF sy-subrc <> 0 OR l_txcmp IS INITIAL.
48
    serious configuration problem: no taxcompany specified
49
MESSAGE e005(hrpayus_ce) WITH l_p0001-werks l_p0001-btrtl INTO dummy.
50
MOVE-CORRESPONDING sy TO l_msg.
>>>>>
RAISE EXCEPTION TYPE cx_hrpa_invalid_customization
52
EXPORTING msg = l_msg.
53
54
ENDIF.
55
IF p_use_cp IS INITIAL.
56
l_value-begda = l_p0001-begda.
57
l_value-endda = l_p0001-endda.
58
l_value-gpval = l_txcmp.
59
APPEND l_value TO p_values.
60
ELSE.
61
IF i5ucp_compm IS INITIAL.
62
      Fill buffer for t5ucp_compm.
63
      This is NOT done in the constructor / get_instance method because
64
      the table is read in the common paymaster case only.
65
SELECT * INTO TABLE i5ucp_compm FROM t5ucp_compm
66
ORDER BY PRIMARY KEY.
67
ENDIF.
68
PROVIDE FIELDS compm
69
FROM i5ucp_compm INTO l_5ucp_compm
70
VALID l_5ucp_exists

Answer 1

I'm experiencing the same problem.
In my case, ESS W4 tax withholding is issuing the call, and an error is displayed in the portal,
"An exception occurred that was not caught,. error key: RFC_ERROR_SYSTEM_FAILURE"
After further investigation, it is a result of the t5u0p table not being populated.
Any ideas?