SG Goods and services tax

Invoicing in Singapore

In Singapore the general indirect tax is GST, charged at a standard rate of ⁨9%⁩, with invoices issued in ⁨SGD⁩. DocsOrigin applies that rate, the local document names and the local numbering conventions from the moment you set the business country to Singapore.

Invoicing in Singapore is free forever with DocsOrigin: every document type, every export, no card and no trial.

Tax in Singapore

GST 9%
Reduced and zero rates 0%

How reliable is this figure

Graded high: this rate has been checked against a tax-authority or official source. It is still your responsibility to confirm it before you rely on it.

Whatever the grade, your own setting always wins — a rate you enter overrides the registry everywhere, including on documents already dated in the past.

Document types recognised in Singapore

These are the documents DocsOrigin will offer a business registered in Singapore, under the names used there. A type that has no meaning locally is not offered at all.

Tilbud

Et prisbud. Ikke et momsdokument og ikke registreret i dine bøger før det accepteres.

Pro forma-faktura

En betalingsanmodning. Giver ikke klienten ret til at fratrække moms.

Momsfaktura

Momsdokumentet selv. Låst når det er udstedt.

Faktura-kvittering

Faktura og betaling i ét dokument, når du bliver betalt på stedet.

Kvittering

Bekræfter modtagne penge mod en faktura.

Kreditnota

Den eneste lovlige måde at annullere eller reducere et dokument der allerede var udstedt.

Følgeseddel

Varer overdraget uden gebyr.

Tax identifier

On a document issued in Singapore the identifier is labelled GST registration number. It is printed in the header of every tax document, isolated left-to-right so it reads correctly in any interface language.

No structural check is applied for Singapore: the format is accepted as entered, because a wrong rule that rejects a valid number is worse than no rule.

Numbering

Documents in Singapore are expected to run in an unbroken sequence. DocsOrigin allocates the number at the moment of issue — never earlier — so a draft that is abandoned does not burn a number and leave a gap you have to explain.

Prefix, padding and yearly reset are configurable per document type, and the series is kept separately for each type.

How Singapore writes dates and money

Set the country and these stop being settings you have to think about. The examples below are rendered by the same formatter the documents use.

Date
21/09/2026
Amount
S$12,345.67
Currency
SGD
Minor units
2

⁨SGD⁩ is written with ⁨2⁩ decimal places, and every amount is stored as a whole number of minor units. ⛔ Money never touches floating point.

A worked example in Singapore

Three lines, priced identically everywhere, run through the real tax engine with the Singapore registry entry applied. This is what the document looks like there.

Tilbud Pro forma-faktura Momsfaktura Faktura-kvittering Kvittering Kreditnota
Northwind Studio
GST registration number 000000000 · Singapore
Momsfaktura
Nr. 2026-0042
Fakturér til Riverbank Coffee
Beskrivelse Antal Enhedspris Total
Designarbejde 12 S$45.00 S$540.00
Brand guidelines 1 S$380.00 S$380.00
Support retainer 3 S$60.00 S$180.00
Nettototal S$1,100.00
GST 9% S$99.00
Total S$1,199.00

Invoicing in Singapore — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Singapore?

The standard GST rate recorded for Singapore is ⁨9%⁩. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.

Which document do I issue to a customer in Singapore?

The document set recognised in Singapore is listed above, under the names used locally. For a paid sale the usual document is Momsfaktura, and a mistake on an issued document is corrected with a credit note rather than an edit.

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Singapore?

No. DocsOrigin is free forever for businesses in Singapore as everywhere else: no subscription, no card, no trial, no per-document fee and no export fee. Optional professional services are the only thing that is ever charged for, and they are quoted per project.

What if the rate for Singapore is wrong or changes?

Set your own rate in the business settings and it overrides the registry immediately, for new documents and for any date. Rates are applied by document date, so an old document keeps the rate that applied when it was issued.

Issue your first Singapore document

Choose Singapore once. The tax, the document names, the numbering, the date order and the currency format are configured together, and it costs nothing.

Free forever for businesses Opret din første faktura

This page describes what DocsOrigin does with the registry entry for Singapore. It is not tax advice, and it is not a statement of Singapore law. Confirm your obligations with your accountant or the tax authority. Registry data as of ⁨2026-08⁩.