CO Value added tax

Invoicing in Colombia

A business registered in Colombia charges VAT at a standard rate of ⁨19%⁩, invoices in ⁨COP⁩, and issues documents under names and numbering rules that are specific to Colombia. DocsOrigin carries all of that as registry data, so choosing Colombia once configures the tax, the document set, the numbering and the layout together.

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

Maak uw eerste factuur A worked example in Colombia

Tax in Colombia

VAT 19%

Reduced and zero rates 5% 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 Colombia

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

Offerte

Een geprijsd aanbod. Geen belastingdocument en niet geregistreerd in uw boeken tot aanvaarding.

Pro forma factuur

Een verzoek om betaling. Geeft de klant niet het recht om belasting af te trekken.

Belastingfactuur

Het belastingdocument zelf. Vergrendeld na uitgifte.

Factuur-kwitantie

Factuur en betaling in één document, voor wanneer u ter plekke wordt betaald.

Kwitantie

Bevestigt geldsontvangst tegen een factuur.

Creditnota

De enige wettelijke manier om een reeds uitgegeven document te annuleren of te verminderen.

Afleveringsnota

Goederen overhandigd zonder vergoeding.

Tax identifier

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

Numbering

Documents in Colombia 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 Colombia 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: COP
Minor units: 2

⁨COP⁩ is written with ⁨2⁩ decimal places, and every amount is stored as a whole number of minor units. ⛔ Money never touches floating point.

Special rules in Colombia

Structured e-invoicing DIAN e-invoice

Invoices must be validated by the DIAN before delivery.

A worked example in Colombia

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

Offerte Pro forma factuur Belastingfactuur Factuur-kwitantie Kwitantie Creditnota

Northwind Studio

VAT number 000000000 · Colombia

Belastingfactuur

Nr. 2026-0042

21/09/2026

Factureren aan Riverbank Coffee

Omschrijving	Aantal	Eenheidsprijs	Totaal
Ontwerpwerk	12	45,00 $	540,00 $
Merkrichtlijnen	1	380,00 $	380,00 $
Ondersteuningscontract	3	60,00 $	180,00 $

Nettototaal 1.100,00 $

VAT 19% 209,00 $

Totaal 1.309,00 $

Invoicing in Colombia — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Colombia?

The standard VAT rate recorded for Colombia is ⁨19%⁩. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.

Which document do I issue to a customer in Colombia?

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

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Colombia?

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

Choose Colombia 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 Maak uw eerste factuur

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