New tax displayed when plant created in new country (Customer / Material)

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,

We create a plant in a new country.

Impacts are:

- New tax classification MWST to fullfil in Material master data (Sales org.1 view)

- New tax classification MWST to fullfil in Customer master data (Sales org. view)

So, this new tax MWST displays because a new departure country is available in SAP Organizational structure.

Tax data is a mandatory field on Material Master Data and Customer Master Data. Try to go in MM02 and you need to complete it to save Material or Customer.

I would like to update in mass tax for Material and Customer.

I try to use MASS or XD99 or MM17 but it is not working. Tables impacted (MLAN for Material and KNVI for Customer) don't include the new country. I suppose this is a SAP control when we use MM02 or XD02.

In my mind, it will be very complex to use LSMW (plenty of Customers and Materials, need to manage right Sales area so retreatment before...). Are there tips to fix it? Have you already reach this problem?

Many thanks.

Stéphane

[juanmanuel_caballero2]

Hi Stéphane,

I faced same problem:

Using MM17 to insert new records it's not what i wanted to do.

so i follow these steps.

1- I used SHDB to save a new recording with MM01.

2- Download the recording and edited with Word.

3- merge data file with this word and save it as a text file.

4- upload text file recording to SHDB.

5- processed it.

It worked fine and you get a log of operations to control that works fine.

Best regards

Juan.

[Former Member]

Hi,

First of all you for the material you will have to extend the material for the new plant, with tcode MM01. then only it is possible to maintain the tax code as for the new plants tax code.

And for customer, there is no necessity to maintain a new tax code based on the new plant created, the customers tax classification is based on customers country, and not the country of the plant.

regards,

ashish

[Former Member]

Ok. Thanks for your response.

But my problem is that this field is mandatory in Customer and Material.

For example, when I go in XD02 on Material, by default the field is free.

In VK1*, we have a condition key "Sales org./Country/Reception Country/Tax classification customer/Tax classification material". So it means you aren't totaly right when you say "And for customer, there is no necessity to maintain a new tax code based on the new plant created, the customers tax classification is based on customers country, and not the country of the plant."

[cathy_liang]

Hi Stéphane,

Do you mean you want to mass change country in customer master as well as in material master? If yes, ok to use XD99 for customer master change while MM17 for material master change.

Pls note:

use KNA1 when running XD99.

use MLAN when running MM17.