Sales tax is calculated incorrectly in a general journal if the "Calculation method" field on the "Sales tax" tab is set to Total in the "General ledger parameters" dialog box in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

This article applies to Microsoft Dynamics AX for all regions.

Symptoms

Assume that you set the Calculation method field to Total on the Sales tax tab in the General ledger parameters dialog box in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. When you create a general journal that has sales taxes included, the sales tax amounts are calculated incorrectly. Additionally, when you try to post the general journal, you receive an error message that states that the voucher does not balance.

Resolution

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. There is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If you are encountering an issue downloading, installing this hotfix, or have other technical support questions, contact your partner or, if enrolled in a support plan directly with Microsoft, you can contact technical support for Microsoft Dynamics and create a new support request. To do this, visit the following Microsoft website:

https:⁠//mbs.microsoft.com/support/newstart.aspx You can also contact technical support for Microsoft Dynamics by phone using these links for country specific phone numbers. To do this, visit one of the following Microsoft websites:

Partners

https:⁠//mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/support/ Customers

https:⁠//mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/support/information/SupportInformation/global_support_contacts_eng.htm In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Technical Support Professional for Microsoft Dynamics and related products determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to any additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Installation information

If you have customizations for one or more of the methods or the tables that are affected by this hotfix, you must follow these steps:

  1. Review the changes that are documented in the .xpo file.
  2. Apply these changes in a test environment before you apply the hotfix in a production environment.

                
 For more information about how to install this hotfix, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

893082 How to install a Microsoft Dynamics AX hotfix

Prerequisites

You must have Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 installed to apply this hotfix.

Restart requirement

You must restart the Application Object Server (AOS) service after you apply the hotfix.

File information

The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

File name File version File size Date Time Platform
Aximpactanalysis.exe Not applicable 60,280 06-Nov-2011 15:50 x86
Axupdate.exe Not applicable 60,264 06-Nov-2011 15:50 x86
Dynamicsax2012-kb2707446-extensions.axmodel 6.1.1108.605 16,168 27-Apr-2012 05:52 Not applicable
Dynamicsax2012-kb2707446-foundation.axmodel 6.0.1108.605 108,840 27-Apr-2012 05:52 Not applicable
Dynamicsax2012-kb2707446-fpplabels.axmodel 6.0.1108.605 194,856 27-Apr-2012 05:52 Not applicable
Dynamicsax2012-kb2707446-syplabels.axmodel 6.0.1108.605 846,120 27-Apr-2012 05:52 Not applicable
Axsetupsp.exe 6.0.947.853 1,361,768 14-Jan-2012 14:35 x86
Axutillib.dll 6.0.947.0 817,512 11-Jul-2011 10:00 x86
Microsoft.dynamics.servicing.operations.dll 6.0.888.436 35,752 09-Jun-2011 05:51 x86
Axsetupsp.resources.dll 6.0.947.491 382,848 06-Nov-2011 15:50 x86
Axsetupsp.resources.dll 6.0.947.491 370,560 06-Nov-2011 15:50 x86
Axsetupsp.resources.dll 6.0.947.491 374,656 06-Nov-2011 15:50 x86
Axsetupsp.resources.dll 6.0.947.491 374,656 06-Nov-2011 15:50 x86
Axsetupsp.resources.dll 6.0.947.491 370,560 06-Nov-2011 15:50 x86
Axsetupsp.resources.dll 6.0.947.491 378,752 06-Nov-2011 15:50 x86
Axsetupsp.resources.dll 6.0.947.491 370,560 06-Nov-2011 15:50 x86
Axsetupsp.resources.dll 6.0.947.491 374,656 06-Nov-2011 15:50 x86
Axsetupsp.resources.dll 6.0.947.491 370,560 06-Nov-2011 15:50 x86
Axsetupsp.resources.dll 6.0.947.491 374,656 06-Nov-2011 15:50 x86
Axsetupsp.resources.dll 6.0.947.491 370,560 06-Nov-2011 15:50 x86
Axsetupsp.resources.dll 6.0.947.491 407,424 06-Nov-2011 15:50 x86

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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