ET Value added tax

Invoicing in Ethiopia

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

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

Создать первый счёт A worked example in Ethiopia

Tax in Ethiopia

VAT 15%

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 Ethiopia

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

Коммерческое предложение

Оценка цены. Не налоговый документ и не записывается в вашу книгу до принятия.

Счёт-фактура pro forma

Требование оплаты. Не даёт клиенту право на вычет налога.

Счёт-фактура

Налоговый документ. Блокируется после выдачи.

Счёт-квитанция

Счёт и оплата в одном документе, для случаев, когда вы получаете платёж на месте.

Квитанция

Подтверждает получение денег против счёта.

Кредит-нота

Единственный законный способ отменить или уменьшить уже выданный документ.

Накладная

Товар передан без взимания платы.

Tax identifier

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

Numbering

Documents in Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia 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: Br12,345.67
Currency: ETB
Minor units: 2

⁨ETB⁩ 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 Ethiopia

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

Коммерческое предложение Счёт-фактура pro forma Счёт-фактура Счёт-квитанция Квитанция Кредит-нота

Northwind Studio

VAT number 000000000 · Ethiopia

Счёт-фактура

№ 2026-0042

21/09/2026

Счёт-фактура выставлен Riverbank Coffee

Описание	Кол-во	Цена за единицу	Итого
Работы по дизайну	12	Br45.00	Br540.00
Фирменное руководство	1	Br380.00	Br380.00
Поддержка по контракту	3	Br60.00	Br180.00

Итого без налога Br1,100.00

VAT 15% Br165.00

Итого Br1,265.00

Invoicing in Ethiopia — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Ethiopia?

The standard VAT rate recorded for Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia?

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

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Ethiopia?

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

Choose Ethiopia 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 Создать первый счёт

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