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FD 008

Assigning a new tax key for VAT not possible

Inbound invoice processing fails with FD 008 while SAP tries to derive or assign a tax key from inbound tax data.

Likely root causes

  1. The inbound tax indicator or VAT data has no valid mapping to an SAP tax code.
  2. The tax code is not valid for the receiving company code/country context.
  3. The incoming EDI tax information is incomplete or inconsistent.

What to inspect

  1. WE02/WE05 — inspect the inbound tax-related segments and the full status message.
  2. Tax code configuration for the receiving company code and country.
  3. EDI mapping that converts external VAT/tax indicators into SAP values.

Resolution path

  1. Confirm the intended tax treatment with Finance.
  2. Correct the inbound tax mapping or master/configuration value that is missing.
  3. Retest with a representative invoice before mass reprocessing.
  4. Reprocess failed IDocs after the tax mapping is validated.

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