VAT GST in Angola

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Who this applies to

Persons and entities that independently carry on economic activity, importers, anyone wrongly charging IVA on an invoice, buyers of services from non-residents with no Angolan establishment, public bodies acting outside their authority, and parties, unions and religious bodies making taxable supplies. Taxable: supplies of goods and services in Angola for consideration, and imports.

The AGT page still describes the 2020 regimes (USD 250,000 limit, 3% transitional). Do not apply them: Lei 14/25 art 23(2) refers to the current exclusion and simplified regimes, whose limits the old version gave as below and which remain unverified.

Rates, bands and thresholds

Item	Amount and conditions	Tax year	Official URL
Standard rate	14%	2026	https://portaldocontribuinte.minfin.gov.ao/impostos-e-taxas/imposto-sobre-valor-acrescentado
Industrial equipment, import or transfer by the manufacturer	5% after AGT procedure proving industrial nature and purpose. Lei 14/25 art 23(1)	2026	https://www.ucm.minfin.gov.ao/cs/groups/public/documents/document/aw41/mje2/~edisp/minfin5216784.pdf
Cabinda, imports and goods	AGT page: 2%. Old version: 1%, and 2% for port and water services. The two disagree	2026	https://portaldocontribuinte.minfin.gov.ao/impostos-e-taxas/imposto-sobre-valor-acrescentado
Simplified regime	7% on turnover (old version)	2026	unverified: Lei 14/23 code text not opened
Simplified range	Kz 25,000,000 to 350,000,000 (old version)	2026	unverified: Lei 14/23 code text not opened
General regime above	Kz 350,000,000 (old version)	2026	unverified: Lei 14/23 code text not opened
Hotel and restaurant	7% subject to conditions (old version)	2026	unverified: no official text opened
Certain food and farm inputs	5% (old version); the AGT page lists Annex I foods as exempt	2026	unverified: no current annex opened
Mobile payment platforms authorised by BNA	Exempt from IVA and stamp duty. Lei 14/25 art 35	2026	https://www.ucm.minfin.gov.ao/cs/groups/public/documents/document/aw41/mje2/~edisp/minfin5216784.pdf
Captive VAT: oil investors, State	100% of invoiced IVA withheld by buyer; public enterprises excepted	2026	https://portaldocontribuinte.minfin.gov.ao/impostos-e-taxas/imposto-sobre-valor-acrescentado
Captive VAT: BNA, banks, insurers, telecoms	50%	2026	https://portaldocontribuinte.minfin.gov.ao/impostos-e-taxas/imposto-sobre-valor-acrescentado

The base

Output tax on supplies less input tax invoiced, paid on import, or self-assessed on supplies from unrepresented foreign suppliers. Exempt on the AGT page: Annex I foods, medicines, disability aids, books, residential rent, transactions under SISA, games subject to special tax, public passenger transport, financial intermediation, health insurance and life cover, recognised education, medical services, ambulances, medical equipment for health establishments, Annex II oil products.

Deadlines and filing

Obligation	2026 date	Source
General: Modelo 7, annexes, payment	15th of every month. The calendar does not state which period each date covers	https://portaldocontribuinte.minfin.gov.ao/pdfs/CALENDARIO_FISCAL_2026.pdf
General: SAF-T upload	31 Jan, 28 Feb, 31 Mar, 30 Apr, 31 May, 30 Jun, 31 Jul, 31 Aug, 30 Sep, 31 Oct, 30 Nov, 31 Dec	https://portaldocontribuinte.minfin.gov.ao/pdfs/CALENDARIO_FISCAL_2026.pdf
Simplified: return and payment	30 Jan, 27 Feb, 31 Mar, 30 Apr, 29 May, 30 Jun, 31 Jul, 31 Aug, 30 Sep, 30 Oct, 30 Nov, 31 Dec	https://portaldocontribuinte.minfin.gov.ao/pdfs/CALENDARIO_FISCAL_2026.pdf
Change of regime when turnover passes the limit	End of the month after the operation. Lei 14/25 art 23(2)	https://www.ucm.minfin.gov.ao/cs/groups/public/documents/document/aw41/mje2/~edisp/minfin5216784.pdf

The AGT page still says IVA is due by the end of the following month. The 2026 calendar shows the 15th.

Steps: log in at https://portaldocontribuinte.minfin.gov.ao with the NIF as user ID and the password, then select the taxpayer account; Menu de Servicos, Declaracoes, IVA, Entregar, Declaracao de IVA; Criar nova Declaracao, Continuar; pick Tipo de Declaracao and Periodo, Continuar; fill Informacoes Gerais, mark taxable operations and the Mapas Anexos, Guardar; fill Apuramento do Imposto (fields 2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 fill automatically and can be raised), Guardar; submit with Submeter and print the Nota de Liquidacao.

Penalties and interest

AGT may change the regime itself when a taxpayer does not (Lei 14/25 art 23(3)). Penalty percentages for late returns and payment are unverified.

Cross-border points

Services from non-residents with no Angolan establishment: the buyer accounts for the tax. Imports: Customs assesses. Exempt imports include those of goods exempt domestically and re-imports in the same state.

Two worked examples that recompute

General regime month.

name: Monthly IVA
inputs:
  sales: 10000000
  input_vat: 600000
steps:
  - output: sales * 0.14
  - payable: output - input_vat
expected:
  output: 1400000.0
  payable: 800000.0

Decision: is the 5% procedure worth starting? Manufacturer buying Kz 10,000,000 of industrial equipment.

name: 14% or 5% on industrial equipment
inputs:
  price: 10000000
steps:
  - standard: price * 0.14
  - reduced: price * 0.05
  - gap: standard - reduced
expected:
  standard: 1400000.0
  reduced: 500000.0
  gap: 900000.0

Ask the client first

• Prior year turnover and imports?
• Registered at the large taxpayers office?
• Cabinda operations?
• Customer type (captive VAT at 100% or 50%)?
• Goods or services, and exempt lines?

Sources

Source	URL	Read on
Lei 14/25 (OGE 2026), Diario da Republica I Serie 244, 30 Dec 2025: arts 21 to 23, 33, 35, 41, 43, Anexo I	https://www.ucm.minfin.gov.ao/cs/groups/public/documents/document/aw41/mje2/~edisp/minfin5216784.pdf	2026-11-01
AGT, Calendario Fiscal 2026, Regime Geral page (read in part: image of Regime Geral page)	https://portaldocontribuinte.minfin.gov.ao/pdfs/CALENDARIO_FISCAL_2026.pdf	2026-11-01
AGT, IVA page (whole page read; undated, regime text is out of date, still describes 2020 rules)	https://portaldocontribuinte.minfin.gov.ao/impostos-e-taxas/imposto-sobre-valor-acrescentado	2026-11-01
AGT quick guide, IVA periodic return (read in part: steps)	https://portaldocontribuinte.minfin.gov.ao/pdfs/guia-rapido/iva/novos-guias/guia-rapido-declaracao-periodica-do-regime-geral-do-iva.pdf	2026-11-01

Not yet confirmed: Republished IVA Code (Lei 14/23), not opened: current regime limits, 7% simplified rate and its input deduction, hotel 7% and food 5% rows, Cabinda rate, which period the 15th covers (old version mentioned the 15th of the second following month), penalties.