Validation fails due to wrong value in tag <compensation>

[ErikSeverini]

We are implementing the SAF-T reporting and run into errors when validation the XML-file via upload at Skatteetaten. The file has passed validation when using the SAF-T XML-validator provided by Skatteetaten (SaftXmlValidator.exe). We have the following error message when uploading:

SAF-T 2020-01.xml
The 'urn:StandardAuditFile-Taxation-Financial:NO:Compensation' element is invalid - The value 'TRUE' is invalid
according to its datatype 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema:boolean' -
The string 'TRUE' is not a valid Boolean value. On line number: 1, line position: 1790709.

It seems to be the that does now accept the value TRUE (and later on FALSE). However, the format description for the XML-file has these values for the tag. Here the definition is:

XML Element Description Type Req Rep Example
Compensation Indicates the Tax Code is used for compensation xs:Boolean O 0..U true

Thiss is the example provided:

n1:TaxTable
n1:TaxTableEntry
n1:TaxTypeMVA</n1:TaxType>
n1:DescriptionMerverdiavgift</n1:Description>
n1:TaxCodeDetails
n1:TaxCode14</n1:TaxCode>
n1:DescriptionInngående avgift, høy sats</n1:Description>
n1:TaxPercentage25</n1:TaxPercentage>
n1:CountryNO</n1:Country>
n1:StandardTaxCode1</n1:StandardTaxCode>
n1:Compensationyes</n1:Compensation>
n1:BaseRate100</n1:BaseRate>
n1:BaseRate60</n1:BaseRate>
</n1:TaxCodeDetails>
</n1:TaxTableEntry>
</n1:TaxTable

And this is how our file looks:

MVA Merverdiavgift E1 Purchase of remote services from abroad 25% 0.000 NO 86 TRUE 100.0

Has anyone seen this and was is the action? Any help will be much appriciated - thanks.

[TomEkenes]

Hi Erik
We have seen the same some places without solving it yet. Assume related to latest released notes. Have you found solution for this yet or waiting for OSS.
BR Tom Ekenes

[ErikSeverini]

Hi Tom,
Thanks for your reply.

In fact we tried uploading the file in zipped version. Here no validation is done during upload. Later we receive acceptance from Norwegian Tax. We have then asked Norwegian Tax whether they have an error on their side. Still we have no answer from them.

Meanwhile SAP released note 2886281 addressing - among others - this error. Description for this is "After generating the SAF-T Financial file for Norway, does not have the correct values". I have asked out technical guys to implement this note. Once implemented and tested I will this thread.

BR, Erik Severini

[TomEkenes]

Hi Erik We are implementing this note now, so I will update you on the result. Tom Ekenes SAP FI Senior Consultant Pearl Norge AS Østre Kullerød 2 3241 Sandefjord, Norway Mobil: +47 47 23 11 89 www.pearlconsulting.no<http://www.pearlconsulting.no/> [Pearl SAP Business partner] From: ErikSeverini <[email protected]> Sent: fredag 13. mars 2020 15:09 To: Skatteetaten/saf-t <[email protected]> Cc: Tom Ekenes <[email protected]>; Comment <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Skatteetaten/saf-t] Validation fails due to wrong value in tag <compensation> (#34) Hi Tom, Thanks for your reply. In fact we tried uploading the file in zipped version. Here no validation is done during upload. Later we receive acceptance from Norwegian Tax. We have then asked Norwegian Tax whether they have an error on their side. Still we have no answer from them. Meanwhile SAP released note 2886281 addressing - among others - this error. Description for this is "After generating the SAF-T Financial file for Norway, does not have the correct values". I have asked out technical guys to implement this note. Once implemented and tested I will this thread. BR, Erik Severini — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#34 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AOCLOT5AJPEEH2TX2HOQOYDRHI5BBANCNFSM4K3DORKA>.

[TomEkenes]

Hi Erik

We have gotten rid of the previous issue, but another new has been introduced:
Linje: 1, posisjon: 282257 - The element 'Customer' in namespace 'urn:StandardAuditFile-Taxation-Financial:NO' has invalid child element 'Address' in namespace 'urn:StandardAuditFile-Taxation-Financial:NO'. List of possible elements expected: 'RegistrationNumber, Name' in namespace 'urn:StandardAuditFile-Taxation-Financial:NO'.

So, another waiting game for new note.

BR Tom.

[ErikSeverini]

Hi Tom.

Thanks a lot. I am still waiting for the 2886281 note implemention but it seems that this note resolved the issue. Maybe I will run into the other problem like you, but we will see. I will keep you updated here.

Have a great day!
BR, Erik

[ErikSeverini]

Hi Tom.

It tool some time to have the note implemented, but we got it now. We are now at the same level as you. We also got the same error as you. I tried adding the missing tag manually and then the file passes validation. The tag is and it should be between and . I also noted that this tag was there in previous files but has disappeared now .

This is how the modified file looks.

1.10
NO
2020-04-06
SAP EU
SAP ERP 6.0
2005


Company

Address
Lysaker
1366
NO
StreetAddress

Did you manage to get any further?

BR, Erik

[ErikSeverini]

Oops - something went wrong with the formatting when sending the message. What I mean is that the tag RegistrationNumber should be inserted between tags Company and Name.

Does that make any sense?

[TomEkenes]

Hi Erik Have you seen the latest notes. It has taken CARE of the problema regarding this. Ps. I would not recommend changing manually. Try keeping SAP versjons and stay with notes if you dont have very special business setup👍🏼 Vennlig hilsen Tom :-). Sendt fra IPhone. 6. apr. 2020 kl. 12:54 skrev ErikSeverini <[email protected]>:  Oops - something went wrong with the formatting when sending the message. What I mean is that the tag RegistrationNumber should be inserted between tags Company and Name. Does that make any sense? — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#34 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AOCLOT5NSCFEUHD5KIIPHXDRLGYEXANCNFSM4K3DORKA>.

[ErikSeverini]

Hi Tom,

I think we are missing 2 notes. The latest note implemented is 2894075. I see now 2 more notes released after this - 2907856 and 2908369. Are you referring to one of these? We will have them implemented as well.

It seems that the solution is not really complete for Norway as SAP constantly releases new notes.

And obviously we will not modify the files. I just tried it to see if it worked,

BR, Erik

[TomEkenes]

Hi Erik I didnt have the latest implemented yet either, These are the latest I had: [cid:[email protected]] And from this, the customers I have checked have gotten their file validated OK. The 2907856 should be implemented before 2894075. SAP is continuously releasing notes here. But my strategy is to stop each customer now when they have validated files. And try to go to SP updates if possible. Would like to see improvement in performance, cause it is still running quite slow. Of course not companies are alike, so current solution might miss special logic which needs to be implemented in future notes. Handling of reporting currencies if company code currency is not Norwegian as an example. So guess we are stuck with updates for some time still 😊 Tom Ekenes SAP FI Senior Consultant Pearl Norge AS Østre Kullerød 2 3241 Sandefjord, Norway Mobil: +47 47 23 11 89 www.pearlconsulting.no<http://www.pearlconsulting.no/> [Pearl SAP Business partner] From: ErikSeverini <[email protected]> Sent: mandag 6. april 2020 13:17 To: Skatteetaten/saf-t <[email protected]> Cc: Tom Ekenes <[email protected]>; Comment <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Skatteetaten/saf-t] Validation fails due to wrong value in tag <compensation> (#34) Hi Tom, I think we are missing 2 notes. The latest note implemented is 2894075. I see now 2 more notes released after this - 2907856 and 2908369. Are you referring to one of these? We will have them implemented as well. It seems that the solution is not really complete for Norway as SAP constantly releases new notes. And obviously we will not modify the files. I just tried it to see if it worked, BR, Erik — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#34 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AOCLOT6ADE7WLNJBE4QMQLLRLG237ANCNFSM4K3DORKA>.

[ErikSeverini]

Hi Tom,

Sorry to bother you again. We have now implemented the following notes in this sequence:

1. 2907856
2. 2894075
3. 2908369
4. 2912756 (this note was released on 9th April)

We still have the same error as described above. that there is a RegistrationNumber tag missing between the Company tag and Name tag. So, the notes did not help. Did I understand you corretly that you had the same problem, but the notes did solve this?

Thanks again for your help.

BR, Erik

[TomEkenes]

Hi Erik We had the same issue at some customers but this note took care of it: 2894075 - SAF-T Norway: Additional Corrections When executing the SAF-T Financial for Norway, after generation of the file, the following issues are detected: After generating the SAF-T Financial file for Norway, <PostalCode> for Bussiness Partner as a customer/supplier is empty. After generating the SAF-T Financial file for Norway, Customer/supplier <NAME> has more than 35 characters and does not match the master data. After generating the SAF-T Financial file for Norway, <ExchangeRate> amount does not consider the currency convertion ratio. After generating the SAF-T Financial file for Norway, you get a validation error: 'List of possible elements expected: 'RegistrationNumber, Name' in namespace'. After generating the SAF-T Financial file for Norway, <TaxAmount> is not correct. Are you implementing the notes in the correct order?. SAP has been very strict on that recommendation. You will see the complete list and order in note 2590111 Based on the position 282257 you should be at the customer segment so it is obviously the same error we have seen. Tom Ekenes SAP FI Senior Consultant Pearl Norge AS Østre Kullerød 2 3241 Sandefjord, Norway Mobil: +47 47 23 11 89 www.pearlconsulting.no<http://www.pearlconsulting.no/> [Pearl SAP Business partner] From: ErikSeverini <[email protected]> Sent: onsdag 15. april 2020 13:50 To: Skatteetaten/saf-t <[email protected]> Cc: Tom Ekenes <[email protected]>; Comment <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Skatteetaten/saf-t] Validation fails due to wrong value in tag <compensation> (#34) Hi Tom, Sorry to bother you again. We have now implemented the following notes in this sequence: 1. 2907856 2. 2894075 3. 2908369 4. 2912756 (this note was released on 9th April) We still have the same error as described above. that there is a RegistrationNumber tag missing between the Company tag and Name tag. So, the notes did not help. Did I understand you corretly that you had the same problem, but the notes did solve this? Thanks again for your help. BR, Erik — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#34 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AOCLOT6QHITIZTAPMMPGVODRMWNOZANCNFSM4K3DORKA>.

[ErikSeverini]

Hi Tom.

I just want to give you a short feed back. Note implementation on our side is done by an external team and they confirm that the notes have been implemented in the correct sequence (this is 2907856 before 2894075). But, as 2894075 is addressing exactly the problem, I am not completely sure. However, I am not that technical so I cannot verify myself.

I will update you again when we have news.

Once again, thanks a lot for your help with this.

BR, Erik