Local functionality

Path: Business functionality > Local functionality · tier official · system localization · narrative reviewed (checked by Opus)

Overview

This area describes the features Business Central adds for specific countries and regions to meet local legal, tax and banking requirements. Three pages at the top level explain the localization strategy, the requirements for developing Validated Localization apps, and how to submit regulatory alerts.

The rest of the section has one subtopic per country or region, from Australia and Austria to the United Kingdom and the United States. Each subtopic covers that locale’s own requirements. These typically include tax and VAT reporting, banking and payment formats, and core finance setup. Some also cover electronic invoicing, audit exports or other local features. Size varies a lot: India has 87 pages and the Czech Republic 60, while Sweden has 6.

Start with the strategy page for the overall approach, then go to the subtopic for your country. Partners building local apps should read the validated localization page. Anyone tracking legal changes should read the regulatory alerts page.

Key points

• Covers 20+ supported countries and regions, each with its own subtopic of setup and how-to pages.
• Validated Localization apps must meet functional and technical standards, including regulatory compliance, national standards, language translation, demo data and functional documentation.
• Regulatory alerts are submitted through Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS) to flag country-specific legislation changes; alerts carry a description, law enforcement date and filing deadline.
• Electronic invoicing formats are country-specific, for example Peppol PINT A-NZ (Australia, New Zealand), XRechnung and ZUGFeRD (Germany), OIOUBL (Denmark), EHF (Norway), CFDI (Mexico) and VERI*FACTU (Spain).
• Tax features vary by country, for example GST/HST in Canada, GST, TDS and TCS in India, SII in Spain, and Making Tax Digital in the UK.
• Banking and payment formats are localized, such as SEPA, CODA, FIK, ESR, LSV+, QR-bills and OCR/KID.
• The largest subtopics are India (87 pages), Czech Republic (60), Norway (42) and Spain (42).

Subtopics

• Australia (26 pages)
• Austria (13 pages)
• Belgium (33 pages)
• Canada (9 pages)
• Czech Republic (60 pages)
• Denmark (15 pages)
• Finland (12 pages)
• France (32 pages)
• Germany (28 pages)
• Iceland (9 pages)
• India (87 pages)
• Italy (28 pages)
• Mexico (13 pages)
• Netherlands (28 pages)
• New Zealand (22 pages)
• Norway (42 pages)
• Russia (34 pages)
• Spain (42 pages)
• Sweden (6 pages)
• Switzerland (34 pages)
• United Kingdom (14 pages)
• United States (16 pages)

More Learn pages

• Development of validated localization apps: Comply with regulatory requirements in Business Central as a Validated Localization App.
• Local functionality and localization strategy: Learn about local availability and regulatory compliance in Business Central for the countries/regions where Microsoft provides the local functionality.
• Submit regulatory alerts: If you know about new legislation that requires feature support in Business Central, you can follow this guide to submit a regulatory alert to the product team.

Business Central pages and reports

The pages, reports and queries this hub’s Learn pages name (ms.search.form, API reference), joined to the code by exact object id (data/index/docs-objects.json); a page shows the table it runs on.

• Page 1 “Company Information” · on Table 79 “Company Information” · via United Kingdom
• Page 16 “Chart of Accounts” · on Table 15 “G/L Account” · via France
• Page 21 “Customer Card” · on Table 18 “Customer” · via Norway
• Page 25 “Customer Ledger Entries” · on Table 21 “Cust. Ledger Entry” · via Mexico
• Page 26 “Vendor Card” · on Table 23 “Vendor” · via United States
• Page 29 “Vendor Ledger Entries” · on Table 25 “Vendor Ledger Entry” · via United States
• Page 39 “General Journal” · captioned “General Journals” · on Table 81 “Gen. Journal Line” · via United Kingdom
• Page 50 “Purchase Order” · on Table 38 “Purchase Header” · via United States
• Page 51 “Purchase Invoice” · on Table 38 “Purchase Header” · via United States
• Page 118 “General Ledger Setup” · on Table 98 “General Ledger Setup” · via Czech Republic
• Page 132 “Posted Sales Invoice” · on Table 112 “Sales Invoice Header” · via Mexico
• Page 255 “Cash Receipt Journal” · captioned “Cash Receipt Journals” · on Table 81 “Gen. Journal Line” · via Norway
• Page 256 “Payment Journal” · captioned “Payment Journals” · on Table 81 “Gen. Journal Line” · via Belgium
• Page 279 “Source Code Setup” · on Table 242 “Source Code Setup” · via Belgium
• Page 310 “Tariff Numbers” · on Table 260 “Tariff Number” · via Belgium
• Page 315 “VAT Entries” · on Table 254 “VAT Entry” · via Norway
• Page 317 “VAT Statement” · captioned “VAT Statements” · on Table 256 “VAT Statement Line” · via Norway
• Page 320 “VAT Statement Names” · on Table 257 “VAT Statement Name” · via United Kingdom
• Page 359 “Document Sending Profiles” · on Table 60 “Document Sending Profile” · via Norway
• Page 360 “Document Sending Profile” · on Table 60 “Document Sending Profile” · via Norway
• Page 389 “Bank Account Statement List” · on Table 275 “Bank Account Statement” · via United States
• Page 456 “No. Series” · on Table 308 “No. Series” · via Norway
• Page 459 “Sales & Receivables Setup” · on Table 311 “Sales & Receivables Setup” · via Norway
• Page 460 “Purchases & Payables Setup” · on Table 312 “Purchases & Payables Setup” · via United Kingdom
• Page 466 “Tax Jurisdictions” · on Table 320 “Tax Jurisdiction” · via United States
• Page 467 “Tax Groups” · on Table 321 “Tax Group” · via United States
• Page 468 “Tax Details” · on Table 322 “Tax Detail” · via United States
• Page 469 “Tax Area List” · captioned “Tax Areas” · on Table 318 “Tax Area” · via United States
• Page 471 “VAT Product Posting Groups” · on Table 324 “VAT Product Posting Group” · via Norway
• Page 472 “VAT Posting Setup” · on Table 325 “VAT Posting Setup” · via Norway
• Page 473 “VAT Posting Setup Card” · on Table 325 “VAT Posting Setup” · via Norway
• Page 485 “Tax Setup” · on Table 326 “Tax Setup” · via United States
• Page 737 “VAT Return Period List” · captioned “VAT Return Periods” · on Table 737 “VAT Return Period” · via Norway
• Page 738 “VAT Return Period Card” · captioned “VAT Return Period” · on Table 737 “VAT Return Period” · via Norway
• Page 743 “VAT Report Setup” · on Table 743 “VAT Report Setup” · via Norway
• Page 747 “VAT Clauses” · on Table 560 “VAT Clause” · via Spain
• Page 1205 “Credit Transfer Registers” · on Table 1205 “Credit Transfer Register” · via Canada
• Page 1206 “Credit Transfer Reg. Entries” · on Table 1206 “Credit Transfer Entry” · via Canada
• Page 1209 “Credit Trans Re-export History” · on Table 1209 “Credit Trans Re-export History” · via Canada
• Page 1692 “Bank Deposits” · on Table 1690 “Bank Deposit Header” · via United States
• Page 1700 “Deferral Template Card” · on Table 1700 “Deferral Template” · via Belgium
• Page 1701 “Deferral Template List” · captioned “Deferral Templates” · on Table 1700 “Deferral Template” · via Belgium
• Page 5260 “G/L Account Mapping” · on Table 5260 “G/L Account Mapping Header” · via Austria
• Page 5264 “Audit File Export Setup” · on Table 5264 “Audit File Export Setup” · via Austria
• Page 5266 “Audit File Export Documents” · on Table 5265 “Audit File Export Header” · via Austria
• Page 5267 “Audit File Export Doc. Card” · captioned “Audit File Export Document” · on Table 5265 “Audit File Export Header” · via Austria
• Page 5270 “Audit File Export Format Setup” · on Table 5268 “Audit File Export Format Setup” · via Austria
• Page 5610 “Depreciation Book Card” · on Table 5611 “Depreciation Book” · via France
• Page 5611 “Depreciation Book List” · captioned “Depreciation Books” · on Table 5611 “Depreciation Book” · via France
• Page 5612 “FA Posting Group Card” · on Table 5606 “FA Posting Group” · via France
• Page 5619 “FA Depreciation Books” · on Table 5612 “FA Depreciation Book” · via United Kingdom
• Page 5919 “Service Mgt. Setup” · captioned “Service Management Setup” · on Table 5911 “Service Mgt. Setup” · via Norway
• Page 6103 “E-Document Services” · on Table 6103 “E-Document Service” · via Norway
• Page 6133 “E-Document Service” · on Table 6103 “E-Document Service” · via Norway
• Page 9001 “Accounting Manager Role Center” · captioned “Accounting Manager” · via Sweden
• Page 9027 “Accountant Role Center” · captioned “Accountant” · via Sweden

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