In many countries it is required to submit your Transfer Pricing documentation in a local language. This article provides you an overview of in which language countries require to submit Transfer Pricing documentation. Often it is required to translate Transfer Pricing documentation, for example by a certified translation service provider, however by using TPGenie you can translate your documentation automatically.
Overview of required language per country
In the below table you can see in which language you are required to submit to submit your local file, master file or Country-by-Country Reporting to local tax authorities:
| Country | Language |
| Algeria | Arabic / French |
| Austria | English / German |
| Belarus | Russian |
| Belgium | English / French / Dutch / German |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | English – The tax administration can request from the taxpayer to translate the documentation into local language. |
| Brazil | Portuguese/ Spanish / English |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian |
| Cambodia | Cambodian / English |
| Canada | English / French |
| Czech Republic | Czech |
| Egypt | Arabic / English |
| France | French / English (translation may be required) |
| Macedonia | Macedonian |
| Germany | English / German |
| Greece | English |
| Hong Kong | English / Chinese |
| Hungary | Hungarian / English / German / French others may be requested for translation |
| India | English |
| Indonesia | Indonesian |
| Ireland | English |
| Italy | Italian |
| Japan | Japanese |
| Kenya | English |
| Lebanon | N/A |
| Malaysia | English / Bahasa Malaysia |
| Mexico | Spanish |
| Mongolia | TBD |
| Mozambique | Portuguese |
| Netherlands | Dutch / English |
| New Zealand | English |
| Panama | Spanish |
| Papua New Guinea | N/A |
| Philippines | N/A |
| Poland | Polish |
| Portugal | Portuguese |
| Romania | Romanian |
| Russia | Russian |
| Serbia | Serbian |
| Singapore | English |
| Slovakia | Slovakian / English (translation may be requested) |
| Slovenia | Slovenian |
| South Africa | English |
| South Korea | Korean |
| Spain | Spanish / English |
| Sri Lanka | English |
| Switzerland | English |
| Taiwan | Chinese / English |
| Tunisia | French |
| Uganda | English |
| United Kingdom | English |
| United States | English |
| Vietnam | Vietnamese |
| Jamaica | N/A |
| Angola | Portugese |
| Benin | French |
| Botswana | Tswana / English |
| Burkina Faso | French |
| Cameroon | English/ French |
| Cape Verde | Portuguese |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | French |
| Gabon | French |
| Madagascar | French/English |
| Malawi | English |
| Namibia | English |
| Nigeria | English |
| Republic of the Congo | French |
| Senegal | French |
| Zambia | English |
| Zimbabwe | English |
| Armenia | Armenian / English |
| Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan |
| Bangladesh | N/A |
| China | Chinese |
| Georgia | Georgian / English |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakh / Russian |
| North Korea | Korean / English |
| Pakistan | TBA |
| Thailand | Thai |
| Turkey | Turkish |
| Bermuda | English |
| Cayman Islands | English |
| Curacao | Dutch / English |
| Dominican Republic | Spanish |
| Costa Rica | Spanish |
| El Salvador | Spanish |
| Guatemala | Spanish |
| Honduras | Spanish |
| Nicaragua | Spanish |
| Albania | Albanian / English |
| Cyprus | English |
| Denmark | English / Swedish / Norwegian / Danish |
| Finland | Finnish / Swedish / English |
| Latvia | English (translation may be requested) |
| Liechtenstein | German / English |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian (English is mostly accepted) |
| Sweden | English / Swedish / Norwegian / Danish |
| Argentina | Spanish |
| Colombia | Spanish |
| Peru | Spanish |
Source: Roedl, TMF Group, CIAT, KPMG, Duff&Phelps
New translation software solution
With the new translation module, TPGenie can translate Transfer Pricing documentation generated by the tool, such as Local Files, Master File and benchmark write-ups, automatically into the most commonly used local languages.
The translation module can be integrated in your TPGenie environment and can help your multinational to improve communication between different countries and departments as well as mitigate potential risks of misunderstanding of facts or deviating from set policies.
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