R12: Unable to Validate Invoice or Calculate Tax - APP-SQLAP-97731 System Cannot Determine The Default Tax Rate For Tax <Your Tax Name> and Tax Status <Your Tax Status Name> (Doc ID 1150548.1)

Last updated on APRIL 26, 2023

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Symptoms

-- Problem Description
When attempting to calculate tax or validate the invoice, the following error occurs.

APP-SQLAP-97731: The system cannot generate distributions because tax calculation failed due to the following error: The system cannot determine the default tax rate for tax <NAME>and tax status <STATUS>. Please contact your tax manager either to specify a default tax rate code for this tax status and date <DATE> or to define appropriate rate determination rules.

-- Steps to Reproduce
1. Responsibility: Oracle Payables > Invoices -> Entry -> Invoices
2. Create an invoice and save
3. Validate the invoice or try and calculate tax

-- Business Impact
Unable to validate or calculate tax on invoices

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Cause

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