RE Value added tax

Invoicing in Réunion

A business registered in Réunion charges VAT at a standard rate of ⁨8.5%⁩, invoices in ⁨EUR⁩, and issues documents under names and numbering rules that are specific to Réunion. DocsOrigin carries all of that as registry data, so choosing Réunion once configures the tax, the document set, the numbering and the layout together.

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

Tax in Réunion

VAT 8.5%
Reduced and zero rates 2.1% 0%

How reliable is this figure

Graded medium: this rate is believed current but has not been re-checked against an official Réunion source recently. Verify it before issuing, and override it in your settings if it has moved.

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 Réunion

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

Presupuesto

Una oferta con precio. No es un documento fiscal y no se registra en tus libros hasta que se acepta.

Factura pro forma

Una solicitud de pago. No autoriza al cliente a deducir impuestos.

Factura fiscal

El documento fiscal en sí. Se bloquea una vez expedido.

Recibo-factura

Factura y pago en un documento, para cuando recibas pago al contado.

Recibo

Confirma dinero recibido contra una factura.

Nota de crédito

La única forma legal de cancelar o reducir un documento ya expedido.

Albarán

Bienes entregados sin cobro.

Tax identifier

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

Numbering

Documents in Réunion 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 Réunion 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
12 345,67 €
Currency
EUR
Minor units
2

⁨EUR⁩ 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 Réunion

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

Presupuesto Factura pro forma Factura fiscal Recibo-factura Recibo Nota de crédito
Northwind Studio
VAT number 000000000 · Réunion
Factura fiscal
2026-0042
Facturar a Riverbank Coffee
Descripción Cant. Precio unitario Total
Trabajo de diseño 12 45,00 € 540,00 €
Guía de marca 1 380,00 € 380,00 €
Retención de soporte 3 60,00 € 180,00 €
Total neto 1 100,00 €
VAT 8.5% 93,50 €
Total 1 193,50 €

Invoicing in Réunion — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Réunion?

The standard VAT rate recorded for Réunion is ⁨8.5%⁩. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.

Which document do I issue to a customer in Réunion?

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

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Réunion?

No. DocsOrigin is free forever for businesses in Réunion 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 Réunion 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 ⁨EUR⁩

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 Réunion document

Choose Réunion 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 Crear tu primera factura

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