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3388229 - Localization - Countries/Regions Where SAP Delivers Tax Content for SAP Business ByDesign

Symptom

SAP Business ByDesign supports localization content for more than 193 countries with different levels of process automation.

In SAP Business ByDesign three localization versions are available: Tax Basic, Pre-localized and SAP Standard or Localized. Each of these feature an increased level of process automation.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Resolution

Standard Localization 

In this version, SAP supports customers to run business with SAP Business ByDesign according to the international standards and local requirements. We support customers running their business in different countries/regions of the world by providing them with the legal standards and best practices of the country/region.

This includes the following features:

  • Functional Localization: Ensures that the solution enables legal compliance and follows thebest practices.

  • Internationalization: Ensures that we support the specific local languages and cultures. Some of the generic features supported are Unicode, Currencies, Time Zones, Calendars, and Script Direction.

  • Translation: Ensures that we translate the SAP Business ByDesign solution into other languages, focusing on the user interface, and the documentation for certain languages.

 Currently SAP provides standard localization for 21 countries as follows:

Australia 
Austria 
Belgium 
Canada 
China 
Denmark 
France 
Germany 
India 
Israel 
Italy 
Japan 
Mexico 
Netherlands 
New Zealand 
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Switzerland
United Kingdom
USA

Pre-localized Version 

In this version, SAP offers partial localization features and enables you to use SAP Business ByDesign with further customer specific developments based on your needs. The content delivered differs for each country/region, but it addresses taxes, logistics related forms like invoices, orders, delivery forms (not in local language) or financial accounting. The template used for these forms is that of Germany and any deviations must be adopted by the customer. Several country/region-independent features are available within SAP Business ByDesign, for example, features in the areas of migration tools for SEPA, flexible tax configuration, document numbering flexibility or employee hiring. Flexibility options may vary per country/region.

Additionally, the following standard system functionalities can be used:

  • Chart of Accounts, Account Determination and Financial Reporting Structures

  • Fixed Assets and Depreciation

  • Generic Tax Returns

  • Generic Reporting

  • Generic Expense and Reimbursement Management

  • International Employes

The list of countries that are pre-localized are as follows:

Algeria 
Egypt 
Estonia 
Finland 
Greece 
Hong Kong 
Kuwait 
Latvia 
Lithuania 
Malaysia 
Morocco 
Norway 
Poland 
Romania 
Singapore 
Sweden 
Thailand 
United Arab Emirates 

 Tax Basic Version 

In this version, SAP provides a minimum enablement to create additional localization for a specific country/region. The scope comprises the basic tax events and tax codes for the country/region, the tax number validation (if applicable) and the availability of the generic tax return. A tax basic version covers the basic scenarios like domestic sales and purchases, export and import, and reverse charge. For the taxable countries/regions, there is a standard and a zero VAT rate available.

Country/region-specific content is not part of the tax basic delivery, but the following standard system functionalities can be used:

  • Chart of Accounts, Account determination and Financial Reporting Structures

  • Fixed Assets and Depreciation

  • Generic Tax Returns

  • Generic Reporting

  • Generic Expense and Reimbursement Management

  • International Employee

The tax basic countries/regions are listed below:

Alnia Andorra Angola
Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Azerbaijan
Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados
Belize Benin Bermuda
Bolivia Botswana British Virgin Island
Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi
Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde
Central African Republic Chad Chile
Colombia Comoros Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica Ivory Coast Cuba
Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic
Democratic Rep. Congo Djibouti Dominica
Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia
Fiji French Polynesia Gabon
Gambia Georgia Ghana
Grenada Guatemala Guernsey*
Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana
Haiti Honduras Hungary
Iceland Indonesia Ireland
Jamaica Jersey Jordan
Kenya Kyrgyzstan Laos
Lebanon Lesotho Liberia
Luxembourg Madagascar Macedonia
Malawi Maldives Mali
Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania
Mauritius Micronesia Moldova
Monaco Mongolia Montenegro
Mozambique Namibia Nepal
Nicaragua Niger Nigeria
Pakistan Palau Palestine
Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay
Peru Philippines Portugal
Puerto Rico Russian Federation Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa San Marino Senegal
Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone
Slovakia Solomon Islands Somalia
South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan
Suriname Swaziland Taiwan
Tajikistan Tanzania Timor-Leste
Togo Tonga Trinidad, Tobago
Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan
Tuvalu Uganda Uruguay
Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela
Vietnam Yemen Zambia
Zimbabwe    

* Guernsey is a region where the complete tax basic content (as has been provided for the other sovereign countries in the list above) has not been provided. Tax Number Type (VAT Registration Number) for country/region Guernsey is planned to be delivered in release 2405.

See Also

Blog: The value, boundaries and approach of pre-localized countries category at SAP Business ByDesign

SAP Business ByDesign help document: Localization

Workzone: Localization Toolkit; Localization_Tax_Basic_Countries/Regions.pdf

Community: SAP Business ByDesign Localization

Keywords

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