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SAP S/4HANA Country Versions

What a country version contains, how many countries and languages each SAP product covers, and how e-invoicing and statutory reporting differ around the world.

  • Local versions
  • Languages
  • E-invoicing · SAF-T
  • DRC
  • Scope items

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At a glance

SAP S/4HANA
64 local versions · 39 languages
Cloud, Private Edition
63 · 39 languages
Cloud, Public Edition
69 · 34 languages
Standard versions
All run in one system
Compliance
Document and Reporting Compliance
E-reporting on this page
35 countries
Statutory reports
44 countries · 183 reports

What is a country version?

A country version — SAP now says local version or localization — adapts the standard system to one country’s laws, taxes and business practice. It has two parts:

  • Functions

    Country-specific programs, with their Customizing and documentation.

  • Language

    The country’s logon language, installed only when users need it.

  • Standard local versions

    Already part of the standard SAP S/4HANA delivery. All of them are compatible, so Brazil, China and Turkey can run in one system.

  • Add-on and partner versions

    Delivered separately, as an add-on or by an SAP partner, for countries outside the standard list. Install them before setting up the company code.

  • Did you know?

    Local functions are not a separate module. Financial Accounting (FI), for example, holds the generic functions and the country-specific ones together.

What the country template delivers

Customizing that comes with a local version, ready to copy into a new company code.

  • Chart of accounts
  • Costing sheet
  • Payment transactions
  • Balance sheet and P&L structure
  • Account determination
  • Tax calculation procedure
  • VAT codes
  • Withholding tax codes
  • Calendar
  • Cost elements and hierarchy
  • Chart of depreciation

Adding a new country, step by step

  1. Check availability

    Find the country’s local version and its functions in the SAP Product Availability Matrix and the release information.

  2. Install the functions

    Standard versions are already in the system. Add-on and partner versions are installed separately.

  3. Install the language

    Only if the country’s language is not installed yet and users need it.

Coverage by product

How many local versions and languages each SAP product supports. Bars show local versions; the number beside them is languages.

ERP

  • SAP ERP Central Component (ECC)39 languages
    65
  • SAP S/4HANA39 languages
    64
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition39 languages
    63
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition34 languages
    69
  • SAP Business One28 languages
    51
  • SAP Business ByDesign40 languages
    70

Human capital management

  • SAP ERP Human Resources (ECC)35 languages
    105
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central45 languages
    104
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll34 languages
    52

Document and Reporting Compliance

  • On-premise edition39 languages
    31
  • For SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition32 languages
    47
  • For SAP S/4HANA and Cloud Private Edition39 languages
    57

Other solutions

  • SAP Concur Expense30 languages
    31
  • SAP Business Network for Procurement24 languages
    40
  • SAP Responsible Design and Production6 languages
    6
  • SAP localization page (sap.com), 2026
  • SAP Product Availability Matrix, February 2023

Supported languages

Logon languages by product, for 53 languages.

  • Supported
  • THSAP Translation Hub (machine translation, to be reviewed)
  • ECC = SAP ERP Central Component · S/4HANA = SAP S/4HANA · Public = SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition · Private = SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition · B1 = SAP Business One · ByD = SAP Business ByDesign · ECC HR = SAP ERP Human Resources · SF EC = SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central · ECP = SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll
LanguageECCS/4HANAPublicPrivateB1ByDECC HRSF ECECP
ArabicTH
BulgarianTH
CatalanTH
Chinese (simplified)
Chinese (traditional)
CroatianTH
CzechTH
DanishTH
Dutch
English
English (UK)
English (US)
EstonianTH
FinnishTH
French
French (Canada)
French (France)
German
German (Germany)
German (Switzerland)
GreekTH
Hebrew
HindiTH
HungarianTH
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
KazakhTH
Korean
LatvianTH
LithuanianTH
MalayTH
NorwegianTH
Polish
Portuguese
Portuguese (Brazil)TH
Portuguese (Portugal)
RomanianTH
RussianTH
Serbian
Serbian (Latin)TH
SlovakTH
SlovenianTH
Spanish
Spanish (Spain)
Spanish (Mexico)
Spanish (Latin America)
SwedishTH
ThaiTH
TurkishTH
UkrainianTH
VietnameseTH
Welsh
SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA and ECC HR

Languages with continuous support for at least one SAP Business Suite product. Not included: Farsi, only for a specific release and support package (SAP Note 981731), and Indonesian and Malay, supported for specific products only.

SAP Business One

More languages are possible with a partner solution or with customer-specific UI terms. Malaysia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and South Africa use English; Luxembourg uses French or German.

SAP Business ByDesign

TH: SAP Translation Hub translates the UI through the Language Adaptation Tool. Machine proposals carry a fixed 25% quality score and must be reviewed by language experts, for example an SAP Language Service Partner. Partners added 10 languages in July 2022.

SAP SuccessFactors

Languages and locales of the SAP SuccessFactors suite with continuous support. See SAP SuccessFactors Languages and Locales in the SAP Help Portal.

Country-specific functions: the Americas

What each local version adds to the standard system. Pick a country to see the detail.

CountryTaxWithholding taxStatutory reportsE-documentsInflation accountingOfficial numberingBankingPayrollTravel

Brazil

  • Tax calculation
  • Automatic generation of notas fiscais (e-invoicing)
  • Statutory reporting with SPED (e-reporting)
  • Payroll Brazil (PY-BR)
Brazil localization

Source: SAP Help Portal, country versions of SAP ERP.

E-invoicing and e-reporting around the world

Every year more countries replace paper with electronic invoices and reports. The requirements fall into three families:

  • Audit file (SAF-T)7 countries

    A standard file of ledger and invoice data, sent regularly or when the tax authority asks for it.

  • E-invoicing20 countries

    Invoices are cleared or reported to the tax authority, often in real time, before or as they are issued.

  • Digital returns8 countries

    Returns, ledgers or reconciliations filed electronically, without a full invoice feed.

Dotted world map of the 35 countries in the table below, coloured by their main requirement: audit file, e-invoicing or digital returns

Europe, closer

Dotted map of Europe with the European countries of the table coloured by their main requirement
Each country is coloured by its main requirement. Small countries, such as Singapore and Luxembourg, are marked with a larger dot.
CountryMain requirementWhat appliesReviewed
AngolaAfricaE-invoicingSAF-T file for VAT since July 2019. E-invoicing through the tax authority (AGT) from 1 January 2026 for large taxpayers, government suppliers and large invoices, and for all VAT-registered businesses by September 2026.Source: KPMGOct 2026
EgyptAfricaE-invoicingMandatory e-invoicing, phased in from 2020: invoices are cleared in real time through the Egyptian Tax Authority’s e-invoicing portal.Source: VATitOct 2026
KenyaAfricaE-invoicingeTIMS: since 1 September 2023 every business, VAT-registered or not, issues electronic tax invoices through the Kenya Revenue Authority.Source: VATitOct 2026
South AfricaAfricaDigital returnsSARS dropped the IT14SD reconciliation in September 2022; company verifications now ask for specific documents. A Digital VAT model with e-invoicing and e-reporting is in consultation, phased in from 2030.Source: SARS, IT14SD · SARS, VAT modernisationOct 2026
ChinaAsiaE-invoicingFully digitalised e-invoices (e-fapiao): since December 2024 every taxpayer can issue invoices on the tax authority’s national platform, which numbers and validates each one. Provinces are phasing out paper invoices through 2026; the new VAT Law applies from January 2026.Source: Avalara · VATupdateOct 2026
IndiaAsiaE-invoicingIRN/IRP: since October 2020, B2B invoices are registered on the Invoice Registration Portal, which returns an IRN and a QR code. The turnover threshold has been INR 5 crore since August 2023; above INR 10 crore, invoices must be reported within 30 days.Source: EY · TaxmannOct 2026
IndonesiaAsiaE-invoicinge-Faktur: since July 2016 every VAT-registered business (PKP) issues tax invoices that the tax authority validates before use. Since January 2025 they go through the new Coretax system.Source: Sovos · Thomson ReutersOct 2026
KazakhstanAsiaE-invoicingIS ESF: since 2019 VAT payers issue electronic invoices registered in the State Revenue Committee’s system. The new Tax Code, in force since January 2026, keeps them and extends them to some non-VAT payers. The planned SAF-T never started.Source: Sovos · VoxelOct 2026
MalaysiaAsiaE-invoicingMyInvois: e-invoices are validated by the Inland Revenue Board, phased in from August 2024 (turnover above RM100 million) to January 2026. Businesses under RM3 million in sales are exempt since September 2026. The GST audit file ended with GST in 2018.Source: ClearTax · Malay MailOct 2026
RussiaAsiaDigital returnsNo general e-invoicing mandate. The electronic VAT return carries the sales and purchase ledgers, which the Federal Tax Service matches between suppliers and buyers (ASK VAT). E-invoices are compulsory for goods under the traceability system since July 2021.Source: Federal Tax Service · EDICOMOct 2026
SingaporeAsiaE-invoicingInvoiceNow (Peppol): invoice data goes to IRAS for new voluntary GST registrants, companies since November 2025 and all since April 2026. All GST-registered businesses follow in stages from April 2028 to April 2031.Source: Comarch · EYOct 2026
United Arab EmiratesAsiaAudit file (SAF-T)FTA Audit File (FAF) on request. Peppol e-invoicing, voluntary since July 2026, becomes mandatory on 1 January 2027 for revenue of AED 50 million or more, and on 1 July 2027 for other businesses.Source: Tradeshift · TallyOct 2026
AustriaEuropeAudit file (SAF-T)SAF-T Austria on request, usually in a tax audit; there is no regular filing. E-invoicing is mandatory only for federal government suppliers, since January 2014. No B2B mandate before the EU’s ViDA rules in July 2030.Source: BMF · KPMGOct 2026
Czech RepublicEuropeDigital returnsControl statement (kontrolní hlášení): since January 2016 VAT payers file an XML list of domestic invoices, monthly for companies, listing those above CZK 10,000 one by one. B2B e-invoicing is voluntary; EET 2.0 records cash and card sales from January 2027.Source: VATupdate · Fiscal RequirementsOct 2026
FranceEuropeE-invoicingReduced SAF-T (FEC) since 2014. B2B e-invoicing and e-reporting through State-approved platforms from 1 September 2026: every company receives e-invoices, large and mid-sized companies issue them; small companies issue from September 2027.Source: Service-PublicOct 2026
GermanyEuropeE-invoicingSince January 2025 every business must be able to receive structured B2B e-invoices (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD). Issuing them is mandatory from January 2027 above EUR 800,000 turnover and for all from January 2028. GoBD audit data access continues.Source: Avalara · PwCOct 2026
GreeceEuropeE-invoicingmyDATA: invoice data reaches the tax authority (AADE) in near real time. B2B e-invoicing through certified providers is mandatory since March 2026 for revenue above EUR 1 million; all other businesses follow from 2 November 2026.Source: Fiscal Requirements · SSONOct 2026
HungaryEuropeE-invoicingRTIR (Online Számla): invoice data goes to the tax authority (NAV) in real time, for all domestic B2B invoices since July 2020 and for B2C, intra-EU and export invoices since January 2021. Receipt data reporting began in September 2026.Source: Sovos · EDICOMOct 2026
IrelandEuropeDigital returnsVAT returns are filed online (ROS) and, since January 2019, employers report pay to Revenue on or before each payday. VAT modernisation plans e-invoicing with real-time reporting for large companies from November 2028.Source: Revenue · DeloitteOct 2026
ItalyEuropeE-invoicingSdI: since January 2019 domestic B2B and B2C invoices are FatturaPA XML files cleared by the SdI platform; small and flat-rate businesses joined by January 2024. Cross-border invoices also go through SdI since July 2022.Source: VATCalc · EYOct 2026
LithuaniaEuropeAudit file (SAF-T)i.SAF: since October 2016 VAT payers file a monthly register of the VAT invoices they issue and receive; i.VAZ covers transport documents. A full SAF-T file is due on request. No B2B e-invoicing mandate before July 2030.Source: PwC · AvalaraOct 2026
LuxembourgEuropeAudit file (SAF-T)FAIA (SAF-T): since January 2011 businesses with full accounts supply this audit file to the tax authority (AED) on request. B2G e-invoicing is mandatory, and a bill before parliament plans B2B e-invoicing from 2028.Source: VATCalc · ArendtOct 2026
NetherlandsEuropeAudit file (SAF-T)Auditfile (XAF): accounting software exports the general ledger in the standard XAF format, which the tax authority can ask for in an audit. A proposal would make B2B e-invoicing mandatory from July 2030.Source: EY · Accountancy van MorgenOct 2026
NorwayEuropeAudit file (SAF-T)SAF-T Financial: since January 2020 businesses with digital accounts hand over a SAF-T file in a tax audit. Issuing B2B e-invoices becomes mandatory in January 2027 where the buyer can receive them, and receiving them in January 2030.Source: Skatteetaten · KPMGOct 2026
PolandEuropeE-invoicingKSeF: domestic B2B invoices are issued through the national e-invoicing platform, since February 2026 for large taxpayers and since April 2026 for other VAT payers; micro-firms follow in January 2027. JPK_V7 VAT files continue.Source: EY · KPMGOct 2026
PortugalEuropeAudit file (SAF-T)SAF-T (PT): certified software reports invoice data to the tax authority every month, and invoices carry a QR code and ATCUD since January 2023. B2G e-invoicing applies to large companies since 2021. An accounting SAF-T is planned from 2027 or 2028.Source: Groupseres · MeridianOct 2026
RomaniaEuropeE-invoicingRO e-Factura: domestic B2B invoices are sent to the tax authority (ANAF) within five working days; since July 2024 only invoices in the system are valid. SAF-T (D406) is filed monthly or quarterly, phased in from 2022 to 2025.Source: VATupdate · Fiscal RequirementsOct 2026
SloveniaEuropeDigital returnsSince July 2025 VAT payers file their VAT ledgers electronically each period, to pre-fill the VAT return. Domestic B2B e-invoicing becomes mandatory on 1 January 2028, without reporting to the tax authority.Source: FURS · KPMGOct 2026
SpainEuropeE-invoicingSII: since July 2017 large companies, VAT groups and monthly-refund filers send invoice records to the tax authority within four working days. B2B e-invoicing starts in October 2027 for turnover over EUR 8 million, and in October 2028 for the rest.Source: Sovos · LookuptaxOct 2026
SwitzerlandEuropeDigital returnsVAT returns are filed online with the Federal Tax Administration, for all businesses since January 2025 after a transition year, and since May 2026 through the new ESTV Portal. No B2B e-invoicing mandate.Source: ESTV · ESTV PortalOct 2026
United KingdomEuropeDigital returnsMaking Tax Digital for VAT: from April 2019 above the VAT threshold, for every VAT-registered business since April 2022. Mandatory B2B and B2G e-invoicing from April 2029.Source: Fiscal RequirementsOct 2026
AustraliaOceaniaDigital returnsNo audit file and no B2B e-invoicing mandate: GST is reported in periodic Business Activity Statements. Peppol e-invoicing is voluntary; federal agencies must accept it, and send and receive it automatically by December 2026.Source: Fiscal Requirements · Zone & CoOct 2026
ArgentinaSouth AmericaE-invoicingFactura electrónica: each invoice needs an authorisation code (CAE) from ARCA, formerly AFIP; mandatory for VAT-registered taxpayers since July 2015. Since the November 2025 period, VAT returns are filed in IVA Simple, pre-filled from invoice data.Source: VATupdate · Marval O’Farrell MairalOct 2026
BrazilSouth AmericaE-invoicingEach NF-e is authorised by the tax authority before it is valid, and SPED files carry the bookkeeping and returns. From 2026, a test year, e-invoices also carry the CBS (0.9%) and IBS (0.1%) of the tax reform.Source: ContmaticOct 2026
ColombiaSouth AmericaE-invoicingFactura electrónica: DIAN validates each invoice, identified by its CUFE code, before it reaches the buyer; mandatory for all VAT-registered businesses since November 2020. Payroll, support documents and POS receipts are electronic too.Source: Sovos · Fiscal RequirementsOct 2026

Statutory reports with SAP Document and Reporting Compliance

SAP Document and Reporting Compliance (DRC) creates, checks and submits statutory reports to the authorities on time and in the required format. It brings together what used to be Advanced Compliance Reporting (ACR) and SAP Document Compliance.

Countries and regions
44
Statutory reports
183

How a report runs

  1. Set up

    Define the reporting entity and its parameters for each company code.

  2. Generate

    Run the report for the period in the Run Statutory Reports app.

  3. Check

    Preview the data and adjust it manually where needed.

  4. Submit

    Send the file to the authority, electronically where the country allows it.

  5. Correct

    If the report is rejected, fix the data and submit it again.

Reports by country

Each report opens its page in the SAP Help Portal for the latest SAP S/4HANA release.

Integration architecture and tax as a service

Every new system around the ERP — a procurement suite, an online shop, an expense tool, an acquired company — creates invoices and tax data that must still reach the ledger and, more and more, the tax authority.

Tax as a Service (TaaS)

Tax calculation and compliance run by an external cloud service connected to SAP. In SAP S/4HANA Cloud it is scope item 43D, Tax Service Integration.

  • ProcurementSAP Ariba · Coupa
  • E-commerceOnline sales
  • B2BEDI with partners
  • BillingPlatform or app
  • SAP S/4HANALedger and tax data
  • ExpensesSAP Concur
  • AcquisitionAnother ERP
  • Tax engineTaaS
  • Tax authorityE-invoices · e-reports

Before adding a tool, weigh three things

  1. Legal requirement

    What the law demands: e-invoicing, e-reporting and their deadlines.

  2. Business requirement

    What the business gains: control, speed, better data.

  3. Cost and time

    Licences, integration and the project needed to make it work.

Software that anyone can buy is not a strategy by itself, but chosen and integrated well it gives a company an edge over its competitors.

Finance scope items

Scope items are SAP Best Practices: preconfigured business processes you select when scoping SAP S/4HANA. Which ones are available depends on the country. Items marked in gold handle tax and legal reporting.

Accounting and financial close

17 items
  • J58Accounting and Financial Close
  • 1GAAccounting and Financial Close – Group Ledger IFRS
  • 2FDAccounting for Incoming Sales Orders
  • 1J2Advanced Compliance Reporting
  • J62Asset Accounting
  • 1GBAsset Accounting – Group Ledger IFRS
  • BFHAsset Under Construction
  • 1GFAsset Under Construction – Group Ledger IFRS
  • 1GOCash Journal
  • 1GIGeneral Ledger Allocation Cycle
  • BEJInventory Valuation for Year-End Closing
  • 1ZTManaging Material Price Changes and Inventory Values
  • BF7Period-End Closing – Maintenance Orders
  • BEIPeriod-End Closing – Plant
  • 2VBPurchase Order Accruals
  • 2QYSAP Fiori Analytical Apps for Asset Accounting
  • BGCSAP Fiori Analytical Apps for G/L Accounting

Advanced accounting and financial close

6 items
  • 1J2Advanced Compliance Reporting
  • 3AFGroup Account Preparation for Financial Consolidation
  • 2U6Group Reporting – Data from External Systems
  • 287Group Reporting – Data from Group Reporting Data Collection
  • 1SGGroup Reporting – Financial Consolidation
  • 28BGroup Reporting – Plan Consolidation

Financial operations

17 items
  • J60Accounts Payable
  • J59Accounts Receivable
  • 19OAutomated Dynamic Discounts with SAP Ariba Discount Management
  • 1MVCash Application Integration
  • 2UVCombined Invoice – Goods and Service Items
  • 2UTComplementary Invoice – Pricing
  • 19WContingent Workforce Invoice Processing via SAP Fieldglass
  • 1S0Customer Payments
  • 2UWDelivery of Goods on Behalf of Another Company
  • 1S2Digital Payments
  • 2RPElectronic Documents
  • 2M0External Customer Payments
  • 2LZExternal Digital Payments
  • 1J5Invoice, Taxes and Complementary Postings
  • 2PDProvisioning of Overdue Receivables
  • 2JBSAP Fiori Analytical Apps for Financial Accounting
  • 43DTax Service Integration

Advanced financial operations

2 items
  • 1QMAdvanced Credit Management
  • BD6Basic Credit Management

Cost management and profitability analysis

8 items
  • 2I3Commitment Management
  • 1HBFinancial Plan Data Upload from File
  • BEVInternal Order – Actual
  • 1KULeveraging SAP RealSpend
  • J55Margin Analysis
  • J54Overhead Cost Accounting
  • BEGStandard Cost Calculation
  • 2QLUniversal Allocation

Enterprise risk and compliance

4 items
  • 2OHContinuous Control Monitoring with SAP Process Control
  • 1WCEmbargo Control
  • 2U2Key Risk Indicator Monitoring with SAP Risk Management
  • 1W8Legal Control

Treasury management

4 items
  • J77Advanced Bank Account Management
  • J78Advanced Cash Operations
  • 19OAutomated Dynamic Discounts with SAP Ariba Discount Management
  • 2O0Bank Fee Management

Bank communication and file exchange

4 items
  • 1EGBank Integration with File Interface
  • 16RBank Integration with SAP Multi-Bank Connectivity
  • BFABasic Bank Account Management
  • BFBBasic Cash Operations

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