MZ Value added tax

Invoicing in Mozambique

A business registered in Mozambique charges VAT at a standard rate of ⁨16%⁩, invoices in ⁨MZN⁩, and issues documents under names and numbering rules that are specific to Mozambique. DocsOrigin carries all of that as registry data, so choosing Mozambique once configures the tax, the document set, the numbering and the layout together.

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

Crea la tua prima fattura A worked example in Mozambique

Tax in Mozambique

VAT 16%

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 Mozambique

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

Preventivo

Un'offerta con prezzo. Non è un documento fiscale e non è registrata nei tuoi libri fino all'accettazione.

Fattura pro forma

Una richiesta di pagamento. Non dà diritto al cliente di detrarre l'imposta.

Fattura

Il documento fiscale vero e proprio. Bloccato una volta emesso.

Fattura-ricevuta

Fattura e pagamento in un unico documento, per quando ricevi il pagamento al momento.

Ricevuta

Conferma il denaro ricevuto a fronte di una fattura.

Nota di credito

L'unico modo legale per annullare o ridurre un documento già emesso.

Documento di trasporto

Beni consegnati senza addebito.

Tax identifier

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

Numbering

Documents in Mozambique 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 Mozambique 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 MT
Currency: MZN
Minor units: 2

⁨MZN⁩ 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 Mozambique

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

Preventivo Fattura pro forma Fattura Fattura-ricevuta Ricevuta Nota di credito

Northwind Studio

VAT number 000000000 · Mozambique

Fattura

N. 2026-0042

21/09/2026

Fatturare a Riverbank Coffee

Descrizione	Qtà	Prezzo unitario	Totale
Lavoro di design	12	45,00 MT	540,00 MT
Linee guida del marchio	1	380,00 MT	380,00 MT
Assistenza continuativa	3	60,00 MT	180,00 MT

Imponibile 1.100,00 MT

VAT 16% 176,00 MT

Totale 1.276,00 MT

Invoicing in Mozambique — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Mozambique?

The standard VAT rate recorded for Mozambique is ⁨16%⁩. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.

Which document do I issue to a customer in Mozambique?

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

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Mozambique?

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

Choose Mozambique 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 Crea la tua prima fattura

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