BF Value added tax

Invoicing in Burkina Faso

A business registered in Burkina Faso charges VAT at a standard rate of ⁨18%⁩, invoices in ⁨XOF⁩, and issues documents under names and numbering rules that are specific to Burkina Faso. DocsOrigin carries all of that as registry data, so choosing Burkina Faso once configures the tax, the document set, the numbering and the layout together.

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

Luo ensimmäinen laskusi A worked example in Burkina Faso

Tax in Burkina Faso

VAT 18%

Reduced and zero rates 0%

How reliable is this figure

Graded medium: this rate is believed current but has not been re-checked against an official Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso

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

Tarjous

Hinnoiteltu tarjous. Ei verodokumentti eikä kirjattu kirjoihin ennen hyväksymistä.

Proformalasku

Maksupyyntö. Ei oikeuta asiakasta vähentämään veroa.

Verolaskutus

Verodokumentti itse. Lukittu kun se on myönnetty.

Laskukuitti

Lasku ja maksu yhdessä asiakirjassa, kun sinua maksetaan heti.

Kuitti

Vahvistaa rahan vastaanottamisen laskua vastaan.

Hyvityslasku

Ainoa laillinen tapa peruuttaa tai vähentää jo myönnettyä asiakirjaa.

Toimitusliite

Tavarat luovutettu ilman maksua.

Tax identifier

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

Numbering

Documents in Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso

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

Tarjous Proformalasku Verolaskutus Laskukuitti Kuitti Hyvityslasku

Northwind Studio

VAT number 000000000 · Burkina Faso

Verolaskutus

Nro. 2026-0042

21/09/2026

Laskutetaan Riverbank Coffee

Kuvaus	Määrä	Yksikköhinta	Yhteensä
Suunnittelutyö	12	45 CFA	540 CFA
Brändiohjeistus	1	380 CFA	380 CFA
Tukisopimus	3	60 CFA	180 CFA

Nettosumma 1 100 CFA

VAT 18% 198 CFA

Yhteensä 1 298 CFA

Invoicing in Burkina Faso — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Burkina Faso?

The standard VAT rate recorded for Burkina Faso is ⁨18%⁩. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.

Which document do I issue to a customer in Burkina Faso?

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

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Burkina Faso?

No. DocsOrigin is free forever for businesses in Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso document

Choose Burkina Faso 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 Luo ensimmäinen laskusi

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