BJ Value added tax

Invoicing in Benin

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

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

첫 송장 작성 A worked example in Benin

Tax in Benin

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 Benin 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 Benin

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

견적서

가격이 있는 제안. 세금 문서가 아니며 수락될 때까지 장부에 기록되지 않습니다.

선금송장

납부 요청. 고객에게 세금 공제 권리를 부여하지 않습니다.

세금송장

세금 문서 자체. 발급 후 잠금됩니다.

송장-영수증

송장과 납부가 한 문서에 포함되어 있으며, 현장에서 대금을 받을 때 사용합니다.

영수증

송장에 대한 대금 수령을 확인합니다.

신용장

이미 발급된 문서를 취소하거나 감액하는 유일한 합법적 방법입니다.

인수증

비용 없이 인수된 상품.

Tax identifier

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

Numbering

Documents in Benin 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 Benin 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 Benin

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

견적서 선금송장 세금송장 송장-영수증 영수증 신용장

Northwind Studio

VAT number 000000000 · Benin

세금송장

번호 2026-0042

21/09/2026

청구 대상 Riverbank Coffee

설명	수량	단가	합계
Design work	12	45 CFA	540 CFA
Brand guidelines	1	380 CFA	380 CFA
Support retainer	3	60 CFA	180 CFA

순합계 1 100 CFA

VAT 18% 198 CFA

합계 1 298 CFA

Invoicing in Benin — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Benin?

The standard VAT rate recorded for Benin 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 Benin?

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

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Benin?

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

Choose Benin 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 첫 송장 작성

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