---
title: "BC VAT Posting Setup missing for Administrators - Payhawk Help Center"
slug: "failed-to-export-into-ms-business-central-the-vat-posting-setup-does-not-exist"
description: "Fix the Business Central export error when the VAT posting groups of the vendor and G/L account have no row in VAT Posting Setup. Add the row and export again."
updated: 2026-10-21T09:46:36Z
published: 2026-10-21T09:46:36Z
canonical: "payhawk.com/failed-to-export-into-ms-business-central-the-vat-posting-setup-does-not-exist"
---

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# Failed to export into MS Business Central. The VAT Posting Setup does not exist.

## Error message

```plaintext
Failed to export into MS Business Central. The VAT Posting Setup does not exist.
```

## Affected ERP integrations

- MS Business Central

## Cause

This error occurs when the combination of **VAT Business Posting Group**, from the vendor, and **VAT Product Posting Group**, from the G/L account, used in the expense does not exist in the VAT Posting Setup table in MS Business Central.

The system attempts to use:

- **VAT Business Posting Group** - retrieved from the vendor record associated with the expense.
- **VAT Product Posting Group** - retrieved from the G/L account mapped to the expense category.

If this specific combination is not configured in MS Business Central's VAT Posting Setup, the export will fail.

> [!TIP]
> This logic applies to both Purchase Invoices and Journal Lines. For Journal Lines, the journal or batch must have the **Copy VAT Setup to Journal Lines** setting enabled for VAT posting groups to be applied correctly.

![General journal batches with highlighted options for VAT setup and journal lines.](https://cdn.payhawk.com/Adm%3AIntegrations%3AError%20messages/msbc_vat_3.png)

## Solution

To resolve this issue:

1. Identify the VAT Posting Groups used:
  1. Log in to your MS Business Central account.
  2. Navigate to the **Vendor** record associated with the expense and note the **VAT Business Posting Group** value.
  3. Navigate to the **G/L Account** mapped to the expense category in Payhawk and note the **VAT Product Posting Group** value.
2. Add the combination to VAT Posting Setup:
  1. In MS Business Central, navigate to **VAT Posting Setup**.
  2. Check if a row exists with the identified **VAT Business Posting Group** and **VAT Product Posting Group** combination.
  3. If the combination does not exist, create a new entry with those values.

For example, if the vendor has VAT Business Posting Group = EXPORT and the G/L account has VAT Product Posting Group = REDUCED, you must create a row in the VAT Posting Setup table with these exact values.

![Account card showing sale details and vendor information for Boombastic LTD.](https://cdn.payhawk.com/Adm%3AIntegrations%3AError%20messages/msbc_vat_error_messages.jpg)
3. Save and re-export:
  1. Save the new VAT Posting Setup entry.
  2. Return to the Payhawk Web Portal and try to export the expense again.