SAP ABAP Message Class >0 Message Number 438 (Incorrect +/- sign for posting amount or tax base)
Hierarchy
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FI-CA (Software Component) FI-CA
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FI-CA (Application Component) Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable
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FKKB (Package) Contract A/R & A/P: Central Objects
FI-CA (Software Component) FI-CA⤷
FI-CA (Application Component) Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable⤷
FKKB (Package) Contract A/R & A/P: Central Objects 
Attribute
| Message class |  |
>0 | |
| Short Description |  |
Contract A/R and A/P: Reserved message class | |
| Message Number |  |
438 | |
| Documentation status | Space: object requires documentation |
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| Authorization check Error Message | |||
| Changed On |  |
20050224 |
Message Text
Incorrect +/- sign for posting amount or tax base
Help Document
Diagnosis
In item , there is a discrepancy between the posting amount (tax amount), tax base amount, and tax percentage rate.
If the tax percentage rate is positive (standard), both amounts must have the same + or - sign.
If the tax percentage rate is negative, the amounts must have different + or - signs.
System Response
Error message: The document cannot be posted.
Procedure
Note the error number and inform your system administration. There is an error in the application program that you cannot rectify.
Procedure for System Administration
History
| Last changed on/by | |
20091125 | SAP |
| SAP Release Created in |
