DocsOriginAngebot
Ein Preisangebot. Kein Steuerdokument und nicht in deinen Büchern erfasst, bis es akzeptiert wird.
GW
Value added tax
Invoicing in Guinea-Bissau
A business registered in Guinea-Bissau charges VAT at a standard rate of 19%, invoices in XOF, and issues documents under names and numbering rules that are specific to Guinea-Bissau. DocsOrigin carries all of that as registry data, so choosing Guinea-Bissau once configures the tax, the document set, the numbering and the layout together.
Invoicing in Guinea-Bissau is free forever with DocsOrigin: every document type, every export, no card and no trial.
Tax in Guinea-Bissau
VAT
19%
Reduced and zero rates
10%
0%
How reliable is this figure
Graded low — treat this as a starting default, not a fact. The rate for Guinea-Bissau has not been verified against an official source, and it may be out of date or may not apply to your kind of supply. Check it with your accountant or the Guinea-Bissau tax authority and set your own rate before you issue anything.
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 Guinea-Bissau
These are the documents DocsOrigin will offer a business registered in Guinea-Bissau, under the names used there. A type that has no meaning locally is not offered at all.
Proforma-Rechnung
Eine Zahlungsaufforderung. Berechtigt den Kunden nicht zur Steuerersparnis.
Rechnung
Das Steuerdokument selbst. Nach Ausstellung gesperrt.
Rechnungsquittung
Rechnung und Zahlung in einem Dokument, für wenn du sofort bezahlt wirst.
Quittung
Bestätigt den Geldempfang gegen eine Rechnung.
Gutschrift
Die einzig rechtmäßige Möglichkeit, ein bereits ausgestelltes Dokument zu stornieren oder zu reduzieren.
Lieferschein
Waren ohne Entgelt übergeben.
Tax identifier
On a document issued in Guinea-Bissau the identifier is labelled VAT 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 Guinea-Bissau: the format is accepted as entered, because a wrong rule that rejects a valid number is worse than no rule.
Numbering
Documents in Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-Bissau 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
- 12 345 CFA
- Currency
- XOF
- Minor units
- 0
XOF is written with 0 decimal places, and every amount is stored as a whole number of minor units. ⛔ Money never touches floating point.
A worked example in Guinea-Bissau
Three lines, priced identically everywhere, run through the real tax engine with the Guinea-Bissau registry entry applied. This is what the document looks like there.
Angebot
Proforma-Rechnung
Rechnung
Rechnungsquittung
Quittung
Gutschrift
Northwind Studio
VAT number 000000000 · Guinea-Bissau
Rechnung
Nr. 2026-0042
| Beschreibung | Menge | Einzelpreis | Summe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Designarbeit | 12 | 45 CFA | 540 CFA |
| Corporate Design | 1 | 380 CFA | 380 CFA |
| Support-Abonnement | 3 | 60 CFA | 180 CFA |
Nettosumme
1 100 CFA
VAT 19%
209 CFA
Gesamtsumme
1 309 CFA
Invoicing in Guinea-Bissau — questions
What tax rate do I charge in Guinea-Bissau?
The standard VAT rate recorded for Guinea-Bissau is 19% — but that figure is graded low confidence and needs verifying before you rely on it. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.
Which document do I issue to a customer in Guinea-Bissau?
The document set recognised in Guinea-Bissau is listed above, under the names used locally. For a paid sale the usual document is Rechnung, and a mistake on an issued document is corrected with a credit note rather than an edit.
Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Guinea-Bissau?
No. DocsOrigin is free forever for businesses in Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-Bissau 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.
Also billing in XOF
The currency is shared, but the tax, the document names and the numbering rules are not. Each of these has its own entry.
Issue your first Guinea-Bissau document
Choose Guinea-Bissau 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 Erste Rechnung erstellenThis page describes what DocsOrigin does with the registry entry for Guinea-Bissau. It is not tax advice, and it is not a statement of Guinea-Bissau law. Confirm your obligations with your accountant or the tax authority. Registry data as of 2026-08.