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SAP S/4 HANA Country Version | Complex Architecture

Country Version

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An SAP country version consists of the components

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  • Function including Customizing and documentation

  • Language


For SAP country versions you have to distinguish between

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  • 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.

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

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  • 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

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Procedure when you want to implement a new country version

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  • 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)

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

 

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If you company decides to:

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  • 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

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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.

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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.

SAP Integration Architecture
TaaS

E-Reporting (Electronic Report)

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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.

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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)

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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
SAP ACR Flow

Country/Region-Specific Reports

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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?

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

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  • 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.

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ERP Cost

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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.

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

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  • SAP Cloud Based (per user / per month): $100 - $150

  • Oracle Cloud Services (per user / per month): $150 - $200

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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.

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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.

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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
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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Americas

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Argentina

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  • Sales tax calculation

  • Withholding tax

  • Reporting

  • Localized version of the Payroll (PY) component, Payroll Argentina (PY-AR)

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Brazil

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  • 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)

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Canada

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  • 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

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Chile

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  • 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

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

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Colombia

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  • Colombian chart of accounts

  • Value-added tax

  • Withholding taxes

  • Inflation Accounting for assets and financials

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Mexico

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  • 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)

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Peru

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  • 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

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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.

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United States

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  • 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)

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Venezuela

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  • 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​

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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)

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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)

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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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