ER Sales tax

Invoicing in Eritrea

A business registered in Eritrea charges Sales tax at ⁨5%⁩ and invoices in ⁨ERN⁩. Unlike a value-added tax there is no input-credit chain, so the tax sits on the sale itself and the document has to state it plainly. DocsOrigin takes the rate, the document names and the numbering conventions for Eritrea from the registry.

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

Δημιουργήστε το πρώτο σας τιμολόγιο A worked example in Eritrea

Tax in Eritrea

Sales tax 5%

Reduced and zero rates 0%

How reliable is this figure

Graded low — treat this as a starting default, not a fact. The rate for Eritrea has not been verified against an official source, and it may be out of date or may not apply to your kind of supply.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 Eritrea 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 Eritrea

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

Προσφορά

Μια τιμολογημένη προσφορά. Όχι φορολογικό έγγραφο και δεν καταγράφεται στα βιβλία σας μέχρι να γίνει αποδεκτή.

Προμέτρητο τιμολόγιο

Μια αίτηση πληρωμής. Δεν δικαιώνει τον πελάτη να αφαιρέσει φόρο.

Φορολογικό τιμολόγιο

Το ίδιο το φορολογικό έγγραφο. Κλειδωμένο μετά την έκδοσή του.

Τιμολόγιο-απόδειξη

Τιμολόγιο και πληρωμή σε ένα έγγραφο, για όταν πληρώνεστε στη θέση.

Απόδειξη

Επιβεβαιώνει τα χρήματα που λήφθησαν σε σχέση με ένα τιμολόγιο.

Πιστωτική σημείωση

Ο μόνος νόμιμος τρόπος για να ακυρώσετε ή να μειώσετε ένα έγγραφο που ήδη εκδόθηκε.

Συνοδευτική δελτίο

Αγαθά παραδοθέντα χωρίς χρέωση.

Tax identifier

On a document issued in Eritrea the identifier is labelled Tax ID. 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 Eritrea: the format is accepted as entered, because a wrong rule that rejects a valid number is worse than no rule.

Numbering

Eritrea does not impose a strict national sequence, but DocsOrigin still numbers sequentially per document type and per year, because a gap is the first thing anyone auditing you will ask about.

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

How Eritrea 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: Nfk12,345.67
Currency: ERN
Minor units: 2

⁨ERN⁩ 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 Eritrea

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

Προσφορά Προμέτρητο τιμολόγιο Φορολογικό τιμολόγιο Τιμολόγιο-απόδειξη Απόδειξη Πιστωτική σημείωση

Northwind Studio

Tax ID 000000000 · Eritrea

Φορολογικό τιμολόγιο

Αρ. 2026-0042

21/09/2026

Τιμολόγηση προς Riverbank Coffee

Περιγραφή	Ποσότητα	Τιμή μονάδας	Σύνολο
Εργασία σχεδίασης	12	Nfk45.00	Nfk540.00
Κατευθυντήριες γραμμές ταυτότητας	1	Nfk380.00	Nfk380.00
Συντήρηση υποστήριξης	3	Nfk60.00	Nfk180.00

Καθαρό σύνολο Nfk1,100.00

Sales tax 5% Nfk55.00

Σύνολο Nfk1,155.00

Invoicing in Eritrea — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Eritrea?

The standard Sales tax rate recorded for Eritrea is ⁨5%⁩ — 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 Eritrea?

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

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Eritrea?

No. DocsOrigin is free forever for businesses in Eritrea 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 Eritrea 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 Eritrea document

Choose Eritrea 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 Δημιουργήστε το πρώτο σας τιμολόγιο

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