LA Value added tax

Invoicing in Laos

A business registered in Laos charges VAT at a standard rate of ⁨10%⁩, invoices in ⁨LAK⁩, and issues documents under names and numbering rules that are specific to Laos. DocsOrigin carries all of that as registry data, so choosing Laos once configures the tax, the document set, the numbering and the layout together.

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

Tax in Laos

VAT 10%
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 Laos 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 Laos

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

Ponuka

Cenená ponuka. Nie je daňovým dokladom a nezaznamenáva sa vo vašich účtoch, kým nie je prijatá.

Dočasná faktúra

Žiadosť o platbu. Neopravňuje klienta na odpočet dane.

Daňová faktúra

Samotný daňový doklad. Zamknutý po vydaní.

Faktúra-potvrdenie

Faktúra a platba v jednom dokladе, keď ste platení na mieste.

Potvrdenie

Potvrdzuje prijaté peniaze oproti faktúre.

Dobropis

Jediný zákonný spôsob, ako zrušiť alebo znížiť doklad, ktorý bol už vydaný.

Dodací list

Tovar odovzdaný bez poplatku.

Tax identifier

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

Numbering

Documents in Laos 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 Laos 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
LAK
Minor units
2

⁨LAK⁩ 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 Laos

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

Ponuka Dočasná faktúra Daňová faktúra Faktúra-potvrdenie Potvrdenie Dobropis
Northwind Studio
VAT number 000000000 · Laos
Daňová faktúra
Č. 2026-0042
Fakturujte na Riverbank Coffee
Popis Kv. Jednotková cena Celkom
Návrhová práca 12 ₭45.00 ₭540.00
Pokyny na značku 1 ₭380.00 ₭380.00
Podpora na договоре 3 ₭60.00 ₭180.00
Súčet bez dane ₭1,100.00
VAT 10% ₭110.00
Celkom ₭1,210.00

Invoicing in Laos — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Laos?

The standard VAT rate recorded for Laos is ⁨10%⁩. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.

Which document do I issue to a customer in Laos?

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

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Laos?

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

Choose Laos 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 Vytvorte svoju prvú faktúru

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