NG Value added tax

Invoicing in Nigeria

A business registered in Nigeria charges VAT at a standard rate of ⁨7.5%⁩, invoices in ⁨NGN⁩, and issues documents under names and numbering rules that are specific to Nigeria. DocsOrigin carries all of that as registry data, so choosing Nigeria once configures the tax, the document set, the numbering and the layout together.

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

สร้างใบแจ้งหนี้ฉบับแรกของคุณ A worked example in Nigeria

Tax in Nigeria

VAT 7.5%

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 Nigeria

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

ใบเสนอราคา

ข้อเสนอมีราคา ไม่ใช่เอกสารภาษี และไม่ได้บันทึกในบัญชีของคุณจนกว่าจะได้รับการยอมรับ

ใบแจ้งหนี้ส่วนก่อน

คำขอชำระเงิน ไม่สิทธิให้ลูกค้าหักภาษี

ใบแจ้งหนี้ภาษี

เอกสารภาษีนั่นเอง ล็อคเมื่อออกแล้ว

ใบแจ้งหนี้-ใบเสร็จรับเงิน

ใบแจ้งหนี้และการชำระเงินในเอกสารหนึ่ง เมื่อคุณได้รับเงินทันที

ใบเสร็จรับเงิน

ยืนยันเงินที่ได้รับกับใบแจ้งหนี้

หมายเหตุเครดิต

วิธีที่ชอบด้วยกฎหมายเพียงวิธีเดียวในการยกเลิกหรือลดเอกสารที่ออกแล้ว

ใบส่งสินค้า

สินค้าที่ส่งมอบโดยไม่มีค่าใช้งาน

Tax identifier

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

Numbering

Documents in Nigeria 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 Nigeria 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: 09/21/2026
Amount: ₦12,345.67
Currency: NGN
Minor units: 2

⁨NGN⁩ 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 Nigeria

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

ใบเสนอราคา ใบแจ้งหนี้ส่วนก่อน ใบแจ้งหนี้ภาษี ใบแจ้งหนี้-ใบเสร็จรับเงิน ใบเสร็จรับเงิน หมายเหตุเครดิต

Northwind Studio

VAT number 000000000 · Nigeria

ใบแจ้งหนี้ภาษี

เลขที่ 2026-0042

09/21/2026

ออกใบแจ้งหนี้ให้ Riverbank Coffee

คำอธิบาย	ปริมาณ	ราคาต่อหน่วย	รวม
งานออกแบบ	12	₦45.00	₦540.00
แนวทางแบรนด์	1	₦380.00	₦380.00
สนับสนุนต่อเนื่อง	3	₦60.00	₦180.00

รวมสุทธิ ₦1,100.00

VAT 7.5% ₦82.50

รวม ₦1,182.50

Invoicing in Nigeria — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Nigeria?

The standard VAT rate recorded for Nigeria is ⁨7.5%⁩. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.

Which document do I issue to a customer in Nigeria?

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

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Nigeria?

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

Choose Nigeria 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 สร้างใบแจ้งหนี้ฉบับแรกของคุณ

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