Error message when you try to post a sales order invoice or a free text invoice in Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0: "Account number for transaction type Sales tax does not exist"

Symptoms

When you try to post a sales order invoice or a free text invoice in Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0, you receive the following error message:

Account number for transaction type Sales tax does not exist.

This problem occurs if the sales order invoice or the free text invoice contains sales tax.

Cause

This problem occurs if one or more of the following conditions are true:

• No ledger account is specified in the Sales tax payable field of the ledger posting group that the invoice uses.
• The Use tax setting of a sales tax code of a sales tax group is enabled. However, no ledger account is specified in the Use tax payable field of the ledger posting group that the invoice uses.

Resolution

To resolve this problem, follow these steps:

1. Click General ledger, expand Setup, expand Sales tax, and then click Ledger posting groups.
2. Specify a ledger account in the Sales tax payable field of the ledger posting group that the invoice uses. To do this, in the line of the ledger posting group, click the drop-down arrow in the Sales tax payable field, and then click a ledger account.
3. If the Use tax setting of a sales tax code is enabled, specify a ledger account in the Use tax payable field of the ledger posting group. To do this, in the line of the ledger posting group, click the drop-down arrow in the Use tax payable field, and then click a ledger account.