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Country Version Overview

Country Version

An SAP country version consists of the components

Function including Customizing and documentation

Language

For SAP country versions you have to distinguish between

Standard country versions
- The country-specific functions are already contained on the standard delivery CD
Add-on or modification country versions
- These country versions are delivered in separate data carriers.

For Add-on country version, these are some customizing settings delivered

Costing sheet, chart of accounts

Customizing settings payment transactions

Country-specific balance sheet and profit and loss structure

Account determination

Tax calculation procedure, withholding tax code

Value-added tax code

Calendar

Cost elements, cost element hierarchy

Asset Accounting chart of depreciation

Procedure when you want to implement a new country version

Obtain information regarding the availability and functions of new country version

If the new country version is not a standard country version, you will have to install the country version (function)

Install the language of the country (if required)

County Version

Complex Architectural Integration / TaaS (Tax as a Service)

With the complexity in the integration architecture for the new digital world comes new and more complex challenges.

If you company decides to:

Add a new purchasing technology
Or have a cloud-based sourcing procurement (i.e. Ariba, Coupa)
Or use a new e-commerce platform for sales
Or to do B2B transactions
Or just a billing platform or app
Or the headoffice decides to have a better expenses control
Or use a expenses management platform (i.e. Concur)
Or maybe acquire other company

All these new technologies, which are being designed to facilitate the advancement of this digitization, helping companies to comply with the new legal requirements, e-Invoicing and Electronic Reporting, come at a cost.

You need to understand what is a legal requirement, a business requirement versus cost and time, to measure the benefits of these new tools available in the market and make a strategic decision. Although IT (software and hardware), which can be acquired in the market, is not strategic, it can give your company business leverage over competitors.

TaaS

E-Reporting (Electronic Report)

Nowadays, globalization and digitalization of companies are moving very quickly all over the world. Each year, more and more countries move away from paper and implement electronic media, such as e-invoicings and e-reportings.

Digital Reporting Across the Globe

E-Reporting

Continent	Country	Digital Reporting
Africa	Angola	VAT with SAF-T (introduced July 2019)
Africa	Egypt	Measures annunced in 2020 for the upload of AP and AR VAT Data in .CSV Files, used to populate the VAT Retun
Africa	Kenya	Public consultation of e-Invoicing (announced November 2019) E-Invoicing Legislation (It was expected in 2020)
Africa	South Africa	IT14SD Reconciliation of Return to Ledgers for Income Tax, VAT, PAYE and Customs
Asia	China	Golden Tax System Disclose Full Invoice Details before obtaining Valid Invoice Number No SAF-T or e-Audit
Asia	India	B2B GST e-Invoicing (introduction phased announced / optional from February 2020)
Asia	Indonesia	E-Invoice Mandatory No SAF-T or e-Audit
Asia	Kazakhastan	SAF-T (it was expected in 2019) On a Voluntary Basis
Asia	Malaysia	With GST repealed GST Aufit File (GAP) is no longer applicable With SSF reinstated (it was expected GAP File to be introduced soon)
Asia	Russia	Comprehensive Invoice Details Filed with VAT Return
Asia	Singapore	E-Invoicing (since 2018) Simplified SAF-T: IRAS Audit File (IAF) Upon request
Asia	United Arab Emirates	FAF File (introduction expected)
Europe	Austria	SAF-T Applicable Depends on requested information Upon request
Europe	Czech Republic	Comprehensice Invoice Details Due with Every Tax Return No e-Audit B2G e-Invoicing
Europe	France	Reduced SAF-T (applicable since 2014) Data of Statutory Accounting B2B e-Invoicing (mandatory since 2023) Pre-clerance though Chorus Pro Portal
Europe	Germany	SAF-T Applicable (GoBD) Depending on the Scope of Audit Upon Request
Europe	Greece	E-Books to be Submitted via myDATA Platform E-Invoicing Provisions (announced) Both measures Expected in 2020
Europe	Hungary	Data Export Function on Invoicing Software (since January 2016) Online Connection established between Invoice Invoicing Software and the Tax Authorities' system (July 2017) Submission of Electronic Invoice Details (July 2018)
Europe	Ireland	Electronic Submission of Payroll Tax Data (from 2019 at time of Payment)
Europe	Italy	Mandatory use of e-Invoicing Platform SdI from Domestic Invoicing (since 2019) VAT Reporting e-Submission for Non-Demestric Invoices Received and Issued
Europe	Lithuania	SAFT-T Applicable (i.SAF) for VAT Invoices (Issued and Received), also Additional Customs Information (i.VAZ for the submission od Data on Consignment and Other Goods Documents) On Regular Basis (since October 2016)
Europe	Luxemburg	SAFT-T Applicable OECD SAFT-T based: GL, Invoices, Payments, Customers, Suppliers, Tax Table Upon requet
Europe	Netherlands	SAF-T Applicable (XAF) Financial GL Data Optional Regime
Europe	Norway	SAF-T Financial Data Mandatory upon Request (January 2020)
Europe	Poland	SAF-T Applicable (JPK / since July 2016) JPK_VDEK File to Replace the VAT Return (April 2020 for Large Businesses) Several Other Files (Bank Statements, Warehouse Info, Comprehensive GL Info / to be Available Upon Request) Electronic Financial Statements (2019)
Europe	Portugal	SAF-T Applicable GL, Supplier and Customer Info, Tax Table, Invoices, Product Tables Both monthly and upon request B2G e-Invoicing (from 2019)
Europe	Romania	SAF-T (it was expected to be introduced by end of 2020) E-Audit Not Applicable, but based on the Law (it is an option further to be implemented) RTR Mandatory for Large Taxpayers (optional for the rest)
Europe	Slovenia	Standardised File used for Electronic Tax Data in General Used in Tax Audit and Similar Procedures Upon Request
Europe	Spain	Spanish SII (implemented in 2017)
Europe	Switzerland	Electronic VAT Filing mandatory (2020)
Europe	UK	Making Tax Digital (MTD) Digitalization of Tax Submissions VAT (only from April 2019)
Oceania	Australia	E-Audit (introduced 2019 but upon request) No SAF-T
South America	Argentina	Digital VAT Books (introduction expected October 2019) Final roll out in 2020)
South America	Brazil	SPED System Disclose Full Invoice Details before obtaining Valid Invoice Number On a Regular Basis
South America	Colombia	E-Invoicing (CUFE) Roll-out expected by end of 2020

Advanced Compliance Reporting (ACR)

Advanced compliance reporting is a global compliance reporting solution that helps you to create, generate, and submit compliance reports to the governments on time and in the correct format. It helps you to ensure compliance with complex and ever-changing legal requirements.

ACR

Country/Region-Specific Reports

The following country/region-specific reports are already available in ACR.

For detailed information on how to run the reports, click the link of the report below:

Region	Reports	Business Catalogs	Business Role Templates
Argentina	Daily VAT - Electronic Duplicate	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_AR	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_AR
	Form 731
	Official Last Official Document Number
	Purchase VAT
	Sales VAT
	Sales and Purchase Print Format
Australia	GST Report	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_AU	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_AU
Austria	Advance VAT Return - U30	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_AT	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_AT
	Annual VAT Return - U1	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_ANALYTICS_AT	SAP_BR_AP_MANAGER_AT
	Balance of Payments – Form L1 (Cross Border Services)
	EC Sales List
Belgium	Annual Sales Listing	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_BE	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_BE
	Balance of Payments - F01DGS
	Balance of Payments - F01MER
	Balance of Payments - F02CMS
	Balance of Payments - S03CCR
	EC Sales List
	VAT Return
	Withholding Tax Report
Brazil	EFD ICMS IPI Report	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_BR	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_BR
	ECD Report
	ECF Report
	EFD Contribuições Report
Canada	Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Text (GST/HST) Report	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORT_CA	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_CA
	Provincial Sales Tax - Manitoba (PST-MB) Report
	Provincial Sales Tax - British Columbia (PST-BC) Report
	Provincial Sales Tax - Saskatchewan (PST-SK) Report
	Quebec Sales Tax (QST) Report
China	Audit Report GBT24589: Account Payables and Receivables	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_OPER_CN	SAP_BR_AP_ACCOUNTANT_CN
	Audit Report GBT24589: Assets Accounting	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_CN	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_CN
	Audit Report GBT24589: Common Information	SAP_FIN_BC_CASH_CF_CN	SAP_BR_CASH_MANAGER_CN
	Audit Report GBT24589: General Ledger
	Input VAT Transfer
	Input VAT Deduction
	Cash Flow Statements
	Statement of Changes in Owner's Equity - Yearly
Colombia	1001 Report Format: Payments in Accounts and Tax Withholding in Source – Payed	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_CO	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_CO
	1003 Report Format: Withholding Taxes - Payable
	1005 Report Format: Deductible Taxes on Sales to Be Paid
	1006 Report Format: Generated Taxes on Sales to Be Paid and Consumption Tax
	1007 Report Format: Revenues in the Year
	1008 Report Format: Open Items of Balance Debtors on December 31st
	1009 Report Format: Liability Balance on December 31st
	VAT Declaration
Czech Republic	EC Sales List	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_CZ	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_CZ
	Cash Flow Statement
	Financial Statements
	VAT Declaration
Denmark	EC Sales List	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_DK	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_DK
	VAT Return
Egypt	VAT Return	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_EG	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_EG
Finland	EC Sales List	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_FI	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_FI
	VAT Return
France	Balance of Payments - Form ECO	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_FR	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_FR
	Balance of Payments - Form RTE
	EC Sales List
	Overdue Invoices
	VAT Return
	Withholding Tax Report
Hungary	Audit Report	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_HU	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_HU
	EC Sales List
	VAT Return
India	GSTR-1	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_ANALYTICS_IN	SAP_BR_AP_MANAGER_IN
	GSTR-3B	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_IN	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_IN
	Withholding Tax Report
Indonesia	VAT Return	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_ID	SAP_BR_AP_MANAGER_ID
	VAT In (Company Code Level)	SAP_FIN_BC_AR_TAX_REP_ID	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_ID
	VAT In (Business Place Level)	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_REPORTING_ID
	VAT Out (Company Code Level)
	VAT Out (Business Place Level)
	VAT Exports (Company Code Level)
	VAT Exports (Business Place Level)
	Withholding Tax (PPh 23 and PPh 26) Report
	Withholding Tax (PPh Pasal 15) Report
	Withholding Tax (PPh Pasal 22) Report
	Withholding Tax (PPh Pasal Article 4(2)) Report
	Cash Flow Statements
Ireland	EC Sales List	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_ANALYTICS_IE	SAP_BR_AP_MANAGER_IE
	Ireland Return Trading Details	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_IE	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_IE
	VAT Report
	Withholding Tax Report
Israel	VAT Return (PCN874)	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_ACCOUNT_IL	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_ACCOUNT_IL
Italy	VAT Return	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_IT	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_IT
	Withholding Tax Report
Japan	VAT Return	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_ANALYTICS_JP	SAP_BR_AP_MANAGER_JP
	Withholding Tax using White Return (Payment-Based)	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_JE_PROC_JP_PC	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_JP
	Withholding Tax using Blue Return (Invoice - Based)
	Trade Credit Check
	Central Bank Payment
Luxembourg	Annual VAT Return	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_LU	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_LU
	Balance of Payments
	EC Sales List
Malaysia	Goods and Services Tax Return	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_ML	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_ML
	GST Audit File
	Sales and Service Tax Report
Mexico	Chart of Accounts	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_MX	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_MX
	Account Balance	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_REPORTING_MX	SAP_BR_AP_ACCOUNTANT_MX
	Auxiliary Report for Accounts
	Journal Entries Details
	VAT Declaration
	DIOT Report
	Withholding Tax Report
Netherlands	EC Sales List	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_NL	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_NL
	VAT Return
Norway	Customer Line Items	SAP_FIN_BC_AR_REPORTING_NO	SAP_BR_AR_ACCOUNTANT_NO
	Supplier Line Items	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_REPORTING_NO	SAP_BR_AP_ACCOUNTANT_NO
	G/L Account Line Items	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_NO	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_NO
	VAT Return
Philippines	CAS Report (including General Ledger, Purchase Journal, General Journal, Sales Journal, Inventory Report)	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_PH	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_PH
	VAT Return (Monthly and Quarterly)	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_ANALYTICS_PH	SAP_BR_AP_MANAGER_PH
	VAT Summary List (including Summary List of Sales, Summary List of Purchases, Summary List of Importation)
	Withholding Tax Report
	Customer Withholding Tax Summary
Poland	Cash Flow Statement	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_PL	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_PL
	Customer Balances and Line Items	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_ANALYTIC_PL_PC	SAP_BR_AP_MANAGER_PL
	EC Sales List
	Fixed Asset Forms Poland
	G/L Account Balances and Line Items
	Overdue Invoices
	Supplier Balances and Line Items
	VAT Return
	Withholding Tax Declaration (IFT2)
	Withholding Tax Declaration (IFT2R)
Portugal	Annual VAT Declaration (Annex L and M)	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_PT	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_PT
	Annual Sales and Purchase (Annex O and P)
	EC Sales List
	Mapas Fiscais
Romania	Domestic Sales Purchase List (Declaration 394)
	EC Sales List (Declaration 390)
	Fixed Asset Chart
	G/L Account Trial Balances
	Sales & Purchase Journal
	VAT Return (VAT 300 Declaration)
Russia	Financial Statements for Russia	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_RU	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_RU
	Invoice Journal for Russia
	Property Tax Declaration for Russia
	Purchase and Sales Ledger for Russia
	VAT Return for Russia
	VAT Return Clarification Request Processing for Russia
Saudi Arabia	VAT Return	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_SA	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_SA
	Withholding Tax Report	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_ANALYTICS_SA	SAP_BR_AP_MANAGER_SA
Singapore	Goods and Services Tax Return	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_SG	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_SG
South Africa	BBBEE Supplier Classification	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_ZA	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_ZA
	VAT Declaration
	VAT Returns
South Korea	Cash Flow Statements	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_KR	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_KR
	Trial Balance	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_ANALYTICS_KR	SAP_BR_AP_MANAGER_KR
	VAT Declaration	SAP_FIN_BC_CM_CF_KR	SAP_BR_CASH_MANAGER_KR
	Withholding Tax - Business Income Report
	Withholding Tax - Other Income Report
Spain	EC Sales List	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_ES	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_ES
	Form 347: Annual Statement of Transactions with Third Parties	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_ANALYTICS_ES	SAP_BR_AP_MANAGER_ES
	Form 347: Incoming Cash Transactions
	VAT Return - Form 303
	Withholding Tax Report
Sweden	EC Sales List	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_SE	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_SE
Switzerland	Switzerland National Bank Reporting	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_CH	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_CH
	VAT Return
Taiwan, China	VAT Declaration	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_TW	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_TW
Thailand	VAT Return - PP30	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_TH	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_TH
	Cash Flow Statements	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_REPORTING_TH
Turkey	Input VAT Declaration	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_TR_PC	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_TR
	Inventory Ledger
	Purchase Sales Declaration
	Sales Invoice List
United Arab Emirates	FAF Return	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_AE	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_AE
	VAT Declaration
United Kingdom	EC Sales List	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_GB	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_GB
	Reverse Charge Sales List	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_ANALYTICS_GB	SAP_BR_AP_MANAGER_GB
	VAT Return
	Withholding Tax Report
United States	Withholding Tax (1099 - MISC) Report	SAP_FIN_BC_AP_ANALYTICS_US	SAP_BR_AP_MANAGER_US
	Withholding Tax (1042-S) Report
	Withholding Tax (1099-G) Report
	Withholding Tax (1099-INT) Report
	Withholding Tax (1099-K) Report
Venezuela	Purchase VAT	SAP_FIN_BC_GL_REPORTING_VE	SAP_BR_GL_ACCOUNTANT_VE
	Sales VAT
	VAT Return
	VAT Withholding Tax Declaration
	VAT Withholding Tax Certificate
	Withholding Tax Income Certificate
	Withholding Tax Declaration - Other Income

SAP vs Oracle

What ERP is the best option for your company?

The two biggest players in the market for big size, multinational companies are SAP and Oracle.

SAP is a German multinational software company based in Walldorf with regional offices in 180 countries, founded in 1972.
Oracle is an American multinational computer technology, company headquartered Texas, United States, founded in 1977.

ERP Cost

Neither SAP nor Oracle offer public pricing, which makes it difficult to determine exactly how much either solution will cost your business to implement. There are also many different pricing packages and plans to consider when it comes to determining how much you’ll pay for either platform. A customized package with full implementation and support could be as high as a five- to six-figure investment.

These are costs that can be used as references and it may vary (between 2022 and 2023)

SAP Cloud Based (per user / per month): $100 - $150
Oracle Cloud Services (per user / per month): $150 - $200

Warning: The cost to implement an ERP depends on many variables, such as technology, country, consultancy, company size, company sector, legal requirements, business requirements, project methodology, project duration, project size, areas/modules (finance , production, sales, procurement, human resources and so on) and others.

SAP x Oracle

Area	SAP (Business One Professional)	Oracle (Fusion Cloud ERP)
Accounting	Standard features such as accounts payable (A/P), accounts receivable (A/R) and fixed asset management	Standard and advanced features covering accounts payable to asset management retirement and amortization
Budgeting	Basic budgeting features for managing and executing general planning	Advanced tools including asset lifecycle management in addition to standard budgeting features
Pricing	Straightforward pricing tools to manage product pricing	Pricing tools can match market, currency, exchange rate and calculate profit margins, rebates and discounts
Human Resources	Well-designed employee portal, payroll and e-recruiting functionality to help with both retention and employee turnover	Good reporting capabilities including visual representations
CRM	Integrates marketing, sales and finance to create a whole story of customers to help with contextual sales	Good marketing support
AI and ML	HANA computing platform is basis of all SAP offerings and AI digital assistant "CoPilot" makes data accessible	AI tools like Digital Assistant are built into all parts of Oracle software and use natural language to sort databases

A high degree of financial focus is evident in both ERPs offerings. Accounting and reconciliation-based financial software are common features and present the ability to simplify recordkeeping, consolidate across departments and locations and integrate sales and procurement across entire supply chains. In addition to supporting multiple currencies and languages, both platforms provide regulatory compliance settings and forms as well as real-time data management.

Country Versions Available

World Map of Local Versions and Languages of SAP Products.

SAP Disclaimer

This information is designed in order to give SAP customers a quick overview of localized SAP Products & solutions and laguages & local version availability.
All information about these products and solutions is referring to their latest version and all listed products and solution available in February 2023.
Information sources are the respective release information and the SAP Products Availability Matrix (PAM).
Chanfes to the availability of products and solutions may occur. All information is not legally binding and only for information purposes.
The information about SAP Partner Local Versions is provided for infomational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kinf, e.g. completeness, functionality or actuality.

Versions

Area	Product / Solution	Local Versions	Languages
Enterprise Resource Planning	SAP ERP Central Component	65	39
Enterprise Resource Planning	SAP S/4 HANA	64	39
Enterprise Resource Planning	SAP S/4 HANA Cloud, Public Edition	51	32
Enterprise Resource Planning	SAP S/4 HANA Cloud, Private Edition	63	39
Enterprise Resource Planning	SAP Business One	51	28
Enterprise Resource Planning	SAP Business ByDesign	70	40
Human Capital Management	SAP ERP ECC Human Resources	105	35
Human Capital Management	SAP SucessFactores Employee Central	104	45
Human Capital Management	SAP SucessFactores Employee Central Payroll	52	34
SAP Document and Reporting Compliance	SAP Document and Reporting Compliance, on-premise edition	31	39
SAP Document and Reporting Compliance	SAP Document and Reporting Compliance for S/4 HANA Cloud	47	32
SAP Document and Reporting Compliance	SAP Document and Reporting Compliance for S/4 HANA and Cloud, private edition	57	39
Travel and Spend Management	SAP Concur, Concur Expense	31	30
SAP Business Network for Procurement	SAP Business Network for Procurement	40	24
Sustainability	SAP Responsible Desing and Production (RDP)	6	6

SAP Supported Languages

You can see in the table below the languages available per product / solution.

Languages

Languages	SAP ECC	SAP S/4 HANA	SAP S/4 HANA Cloud Public	SAP S/4 HANA Cloud Private	SAP Business One	SAP Business ByDesign	SAP ECC Human Resources	SAP SucessFactors EC	SAP SucessFactors ECP
Arabic	X	X	X	X	X	TH	X	X	X
Bulgarian	X	X	X	X		TH	X	X	X
Catalan	X	X				TH	X	X	X
Chinese (simplified)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Chinese (traditional)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Croatian	X	X	X	X		TH	X	X	X
Czech	X	X	X	X	X	TH	X	X	X
Danish	X	X	X	X	X	TH	X	X	X
Dutch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
English			X	X		X
English (UK)					X			X
English (US)	X	X			X		X	X	X
Estonian	X	X				TH	X	X
Finnish	X	X	X	X	X	TH	X	X	X
French			X	X	X	X			X
French (Canadian)								X
French (FR)	X	X					X	X
German	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X
German (Germany)								X
German (Swiss)								X
Greek	X	X	X	X	X	TH	X	X	X
Hebrew	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hindi	X	X				TH	X	X	X
Hungarian	X	X	X	X	X	TH	X	X	X
Indonesian								X
Italian	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Japanese	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Kazakh	X	X	X	X		TH	X
Korean	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Latvian	X	X				TH		X
Lithuanian	X	X				TH		X
Malay	X	X	X	X		TH		X
Norwegian	X	X	X	X	X	TH	X	X	X
Polish	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Portuguese			X	X	X	X
Portuguese (BR)	X	X			X	TH	X	X	X
Portuguese (Portugal)								X
Romanian	X	X	X	X		TH	X	X	X
Russian	X	X	X	X	X	TH	X	X	X
Serbian	X	X	X	X			X	X	X
Serbian (Latin)						TH
Slovak	X	X	X	X	X	TH	X	X	X
Slovenian	X	X	X	X		TH	X	X	X
Spanish			X	X	X	X
Spanish (ES)	X	X					X	X	X
Spanish (Mexico)								X
Spanish (LATAM)					X			X
Swedish	X	X	X	X	X	TH	X	X	X
Thai	X	X	X	X		TH	X	X	X
Turkish	X	X	X	X	X	TH	X	X	X
Ukrainian	X	X			X	TH	X	X	X
Vietnamese	X	X				TH	X	X	X
Weish								X

Remark

SAP ECC and S/4 HANA

Languages for which at least one product of the SAP Business Suite is supported, including continuous support (maintenance an d subsequent releases) through standard delivery channels.
This excludes: (1) Farsi (Persian language) which is only available for a specific release and support package level, see SAP Note SAP 981731 for details, (2) Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) and Malay (Bahasa Malaysia) which are only supported for specific products.

SAP Business One

A convenient option to make additional languages available is using a partner solution (for some Local Versions bundled with functional add-ons) or to define customer specific UI terms using respective SAP tools.
Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and South Africa use English, Luxembourg uses French or German. Others use local languages.

SAP Business ByDesign

* TH * The SAP Translation Hub can be enabled to leverage translations via the Language Adaptation Tool and supports the listed target languages, amongst others (check all supported languages from source language “English (United States)” by ‘’Translation Provider SAP Machine Translation’).
Quality score from translation provider ‘SAP Machine Translation’ is set to a fix value 25% to indicate that all machine translation proposals need to be reviewed by language experts.
10 additional languages added by partners as of 01.07.22. HU, FI, CZ, Slovak, Catalan, HR, BG, Arabic + Vietnamese and Thai . If you need support to review the translation proposals from SAP Translation Hub, you can contact the SAP Language Service Partners (see general description of their services and a list of those partners).

SAP ECC Human Resources

Languages for which at least one product of the SAP Business Suite is supported, including continuous support (maintenance an d subsequent releases) through standard delivery channels.
This excludes: (1) Farsi (Persian language) which is only available for a specific release and support package level, see SAP Note SAP 981731 for details, (2) Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) and Malay (Bahasa Malaysia) which are only supported for specific products.

SAP SucessFactors EC

Languages for which at least one product of the SAP SuccessFactors Suite is supported, including continuous support (maintena nce and subsequent releases) through standard delivery channels. See SAP SuccessFactors Languages and Locales - SAP Help Portal for more details.
Estonian and Latvian will be delivered, soon.

Country-Specific Functions

Your SAP ERP system offers a wide range of local versions, each of which is designed to allow you to run your business operations in a particular country or region.

Integration

Local versions do not constitute separate application components. Instead, the functions are contained in the various application components. This means that the Financial Accounting (FI) component, for example, does not just contain generic FI functions, but it includes local functions as well.

Important: All of the SAP standard local versions are mutually compatible. This means, for example, that you can use the local versions for Brazil, China, and Turkey in a single physical system.

You can see below the most of the country-specific functions and the main areas.

Americas

Argentina

Sales tax calculation
Withholding tax
Reporting
Localized version of the Payroll (PY) component, Payroll Argentina (PY-AR)

Brazil

Tax calculation
Automatic generation of Notas Fiscais (E-Invoicing)
Statutory reporting / SPEDs (E-Reporting)
Localized version of the Payroll (PY) component, Payroll Brazil (PY-BR)

Canada

Master Data
- Bank Directories
- Automatic Transfer of Bank Directory: Report Documentation
Accounting: Payment Transactions
- Country-Specific Definitions for the Payment Method
- Check Management
Travel Management
- Travel Expenses
Human resources
- Payroll

Chile

Check routine for tax number
Financial reports (journal, cash journal, general ledger, material ledger, sales ledger, purchase ledger, balance sheet for tax purposes)
Withholding tax reports (different reports for different vendors, stamp tax report)
Management of prenumbered forms

Numbering and printing of delivery notes and invoices; renumbering and reprinting; administration; referencing invoice to delivery note; canceled documents.

Colombia

Colombian chart of accounts
Value-added tax
Withholding taxes
Inflation Accounting for assets and financials

Mexico

Inflation accounting for assets, inventories, and financials
Financial reports (withholding tax report, top fifty customers and vendors)
Travel expenses (reimbursement of foreign currency receipts in local currency; data medium exchange in local and hard currency; maximum limits for nondeductible travel expenses)
Mexican version of the Payroll (PY) component, Payroll Mexico (PY-MX)

Peru

Check routines for tax numbers and official document numbers, as required by law
Financial reports (journal, cash journal, general ledger, sales ledger, purchase ledger, COA report)
Management of prenumbered forms

This includes numbering and printing of delivery notes and invoices; renumbering and reprinting; form administration; references in invoices to delivery notes (and vice versa, if official number available); canceled documents.

United States

Sales and use tax
Withholding tax, including reporting
Asset accounting
Bank accounting, including check management and lockbox procedure
Localized version of Transaction Manager in Treasury and Risk Management (FIN-FSCM-TRM-TM)
Localized version of the Payroll (PY) component, Payroll United States (PY-US)

Venezuela

Inflation accounting for assets, inventories, and financials
Financial reports (sales ledger, purchase ledger)
Venezuelan version ofPayroll (PY), Payroll Venezuela (PY-VE)

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Functions

SAP S/4 HANA Scope Configuration

Accounting and Financial Close

J58 Accounting and Financial Close (‏J58‏)
1GA Accounting and Financial Close - Group Ledger IFRS (‏1GA‏)
2FD Accounting for Incoming Sales Orders (‏2FD‏)
1J2 Advance Compliance Reporting (‏1J2‏)
J62 Asset Accounting (‏J62‏)
1GB Asset Accounting - Group Ledger IFRS (‏1GB‏)
BFH Asset Under Construction (‏BFH‏)
1GF Asset Under Construction - Group Ledger IFRS (‏1GF‏)
1GO Cash Journal (‏1GO‏)
1GI General Ledger Allocation Cycle (‏1GI‏)
BEJ Inventory Valuation for Year-End Closing (‏BEJ‏)
1ZT Managing Material Price Changes and Inventory Values (‏1ZT‏)
BF7 Period-End Closing - Maintenance Orders (‏BF7‏)
BEI Period-End Closing - Plant (‏BEI‏)
2VB Purchase Order Accruals (‏2VB‏)
2QY SAP Fiori Analytical Apps for Asset Accounting in Finance (‏2QY‏)
BGC SAP Fiori Analytical Apps for G/L Accounting in Finance (‏BGC‏)

Advanced Accounting and Financial Close

1J2 Advance Compliance Reporting (‏1J2‏)
3AF Group Account Preparation for Financial Consolidation (‏3AF‏)
2U6 Group Reporting - Data from External Systems (‏2U6‏)
287 Group Reporting - Data from SAP Group Reporting Data Collection (‏287‏)
1SG Group Reporting - Financial Consolidation (‏1SG‏)
28B Group Reporting - Plan Consolidation (‏28B‏)

Financial Operations

J60 Accounts Payable (‏J60‏)
J59 Accounts Receivable (‏J59‏)
19O Automated Dynamic Discounts with SAP Ariba Discount Management (‏19O‏)
1MV Cash Application Integration (‏1MV‏)
2UV Combined Invoice – Goods and Service Items (‏2UV‏)
2UT Complementary Invoice – Pricing (‏2UT‏)
19W Contingent Workforce Invoice Processing via SAP Fieldglass (‏19W‏)
1S0 Customer Payments (‏1S0‏)
2UW Delivery of Goods on Behalf of Another Company (‏2UW‏)
1S2 Digital Payments (‏1S2‏)
2RP Electronic Documents (‏2RP‏)
2M0 External Customer Payments (‏2M0‏)
2LZ External Digital Payments (‏2LZ‏)
1J5 Invoice, Taxes and Complementary Postings (‏1J5‏)
2PD Provisioning of Overdue Receivables (‏2PD‏)
2JB SAP Fiori Analytical Apps for Financial Accounting (‏2JB‏)
43D Tax Service Integration (‏43D‏)

Advanced Financial Operations

1QM Advanced Credit Management (‏1QM‏)
BD6 Basic Credit Management (‏BD6‏)

Cost Management and Profitability Analysis

2I3 Commitment Management (‏2I3‏)
1HB Financial Plan Data Upload from File (‏1HB‏)
BEV Internal Order - Actual (‏BEV‏)
1KU Leveraging SAP RealSpend (‏1KU‏)
J55 Margin Analysis (‏J55‏)
J54 Overhead Cost Accounting (‏J54‏)
BEG Standard Cost Calculation (‏BEG‏)
2QL Universal Allocation (‏2QL‏)

Enterprise Risk and Compliance

2OH Continuous Control Monitoring with SAP Process Control (‏2OH‏)
1WC Embargo Control (‏1WC‏)
2U2 Key Risk Indicator Monitoring with SAP Risk Management (‏2U2‏)
1W8 Legal Control (‏1W8‏)

Treasury Management

J77 Advanced Bank Account Management (‏J77‏)
J78 Advanced Cash Operations (‏J78‏)
19O Automated Dynamic Discounts with SAP Ariba Discount Management (‏19O‏)
2O0 Bank Fee Management (‏2O0‏)

Bank Communication File Exchange

1EG Bank Integration with File Interface (‏1EG‏)
16R Bank Integration with SAP Multi-Bank Connectivity (‏16R‏)
BFA Basic Bank Account Management (‏BFA‏)
BFB Basic Cash Operations (‏BFB‏)

Scope

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