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:

CountryLanguage
AlgeriaArabic / French
AustriaEnglish / German
BelarusRussian
BelgiumEnglish / French / Dutch / German
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEnglish – The tax administration can request from the taxpayer to
translate the documentation into local language.
BrazilPortuguese/ Spanish / English
BulgariaBulgarian
CambodiaCambodian / English
CanadaEnglish / French
Czech RepublicCzech
EgyptArabic / English
FranceFrench / English (translation may be required)
MacedoniaMacedonian
GermanyEnglish / German
GreeceEnglish
Hong KongEnglish / Chinese
HungaryHungarian / English / German / French others may be requested for translation
IndiaEnglish
IndonesiaIndonesian
IrelandEnglish
ItalyItalian
JapanJapanese
KenyaEnglish
LebanonN/A
MalaysiaEnglish / Bahasa Malaysia
MexicoSpanish
MongoliaTBD
MozambiquePortuguese
NetherlandsDutch / English
New ZealandEnglish
PanamaSpanish
Papua New GuineaN/A
PhilippinesN/A
PolandPolish
PortugalPortuguese
RomaniaRomanian
RussiaRussian
SerbiaSerbian
SingaporeEnglish
SlovakiaSlovakian / English (translation may be requested)
SloveniaSlovenian
South AfricaEnglish
South KoreaKorean
SpainSpanish / English
Sri LankaEnglish
SwitzerlandEnglish
TaiwanChinese / English
TunisiaFrench
UgandaEnglish
United KingdomEnglish
United StatesEnglish
VietnamVietnamese
JamaicaN/A
AngolaPortugese
BeninFrench
BotswanaTswana / English
Burkina FasoFrench
CameroonEnglish/ French
Cape VerdePortuguese
Democratic Republic of the CongoFrench
GabonFrench
MadagascarFrench/English
MalawiEnglish
NamibiaEnglish
NigeriaEnglish
Republic of the CongoFrench
SenegalFrench
ZambiaEnglish
ZimbabweEnglish
ArmeniaArmenian / English
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan
BangladeshN/A
ChinaChinese
GeorgiaGeorgian / English
KazakhstanKazakh / Russian
North KoreaKorean / English
PakistanTBA
ThailandThai
TurkeyTurkish
BermudaEnglish
Cayman IslandsEnglish
CuracaoDutch / English
Dominican RepublicSpanish
Costa RicaSpanish
El SalvadorSpanish
GuatemalaSpanish
HondurasSpanish
NicaraguaSpanish
AlbaniaAlbanian / English
CyprusEnglish
DenmarkEnglish / Swedish / Norwegian / Danish
FinlandFinnish / Swedish / English
LatviaEnglish (translation may be requested)
LiechtensteinGerman / English
LithuaniaLithuanian (English is mostly accepted)
SwedenEnglish / Swedish / Norwegian / Danish
ArgentinaSpanish
ColombiaSpanish
PeruSpanish

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.