TD Value added tax

Invoicing in Chad

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

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

Lag din første faktura A worked example in Chad

Tax in Chad

VAT 18%

Reduced and zero rates 9% 0%

How reliable is this figure

Graded low — treat this as a starting default, not a fact. The rate for Chad has not been verified against an official source, and it may be out of date or may not apply to your kind of supply. Check it with your accountant or the Chad tax authority and set your own rate before you issue anything.

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 Chad

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

Tilbud

Et prissatt tilbud. Ikke et skattedokument og ikke registrert i bøkene før det aksepteres.

Proformafaktura

En betalingsforespørsel. Gir ikke klienten rett til å trekke fra skatt.

Mva-faktura

Selve skattedokumentet. Låst når det er utstedt.

Faktura-kvittering

Faktura og betaling i ett dokument, for når du betales på stedet.

Kvittering

Bekrefter pengene mottatt mot en faktura.

Kreditnota

Den eneste lovlige måten å annullere eller redusere et dokument som allerede var utstedt.

Følgeseddel

Varer levert uten kostnad.

Tax identifier

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

Numbering

Documents in Chad 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 Chad 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 FCFA
Currency: XAF
Minor units: 0

⁨XAF⁩ 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 Chad

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

Tilbud Proformafaktura Mva-faktura Faktura-kvittering Kvittering Kreditnota

Northwind Studio

VAT number 000000000 · Chad

Mva-faktura

Nr. 2026-0042

21/09/2026

Fakturer til Riverbank Coffee

Beskrivelse	Antall	Enhetspris	Total
Designarbeid	12	45 FCFA	540 FCFA
Merkevareretningslinjer	1	380 FCFA	380 FCFA
Supportabonnement	3	60 FCFA	180 FCFA

Nettotal 1 100 FCFA

VAT 18% 198 FCFA

Total 1 298 FCFA

Invoicing in Chad — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Chad?

The standard VAT rate recorded for Chad is ⁨18%⁩ — but that figure is graded low confidence and needs verifying before you rely on it. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.

Which document do I issue to a customer in Chad?

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

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Chad?

No. DocsOrigin is free forever for businesses in Chad 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 Chad 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 ⁨XAF⁩

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 Chad document

Choose Chad 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 Lag din første faktura

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