VU Value added tax

Invoicing in Vanuatu

A business registered in Vanuatu charges VAT at a standard rate of ⁨15%⁩, invoices in ⁨VUV⁩, and issues documents under names and numbering rules that are specific to Vanuatu. DocsOrigin carries all of that as registry data, so choosing Vanuatu once configures the tax, the document set, the numbering and the layout together.

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

Tax in Vanuatu

VAT 15%
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 Vanuatu 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 Vanuatu

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

Ofertă

O ofertă cu preț. Nu e document fiscal și nu se înregistrează în cărțile tale până nu e acceptată.

Factură proformă

O cerere de plată. Nu îndreptățește clientul să deducă taxa.

Factură fiscală

Documentul fiscal însuși. Blocat după emitere.

Factură-chitanță

Factură și plată într-un singur document, pentru când ești plătit pe loc.

Chitanță

Confirmă banii primiți contra unei facturi.

Notă de credit

Singura cale legală pentru a anula sau reduce un document deja emis.

Aviz de livrare

Bunuri predate fără taxă.

Tax identifier

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

Numbering

Documents in Vanuatu 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 Vanuatu 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
VT12,345
Currency
VUV
Minor units
0

⁨VUV⁩ 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 Vanuatu

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

Ofertă Factură proformă Factură fiscală Factură-chitanță Chitanță Notă de credit
Northwind Studio
VAT number 000000000 · Vanuatu
Factură fiscală
Nr. 2026-0042
Facturat pentru Riverbank Coffee
Descriere Cantitate Preț unitar Total
Lucrări de design 12 VT45 VT540
Ghid de identitate vizuală 1 VT380 VT380
Suport continuu 3 VT60 VT180
Total net VT1,100
VAT 15% VT165
Total VT1,265

Invoicing in Vanuatu — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Vanuatu?

The standard VAT rate recorded for Vanuatu is ⁨15%⁩. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.

Which document do I issue to a customer in Vanuatu?

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

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Vanuatu?

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

Choose Vanuatu 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 Creează prima ta factură

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