Source-cited draft: vat / gst for Somalia (tax year 2025) — rates, thresholds and rules with primary-source citations. Unverified; pending local-accountant review.
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| Sales tax (no full VAT yet) | Somalia does not yet operate a full value-added tax. Instead a 5% Sales Tax applies to most goods and services, collected at the point of sale, with a formal VAT system under development with international assistance. Since 18 August 2024 the Federal Ministry of Finance has applied a split-payment mechanism so the tax is remitted immediately at the time of sale. | |
| Is there a VAT/GST? | No full VAT yet — a 5% Sales Tax operates while a formal VAT system is being developedFederal Ministry of Finance — Sales Tax | |
| Standard sales tax rate | 5%Federal Ministry of Finance — Sales Tax | |
| Import sales tax | Sales tax is also levied on imports, collected by the Customs Department alongside import duty and exciseFederal Ministry of Finance — Customs Department | |
| Split-payment mechanism | Since 18 August 2024, sales tax is remitted directly to the central treasury at the time of saleFederal Ministry of Finance — Sales Tax (split payments) | |
| Filing frequency | Monthly — taxpayers report sales tax collected each month to the Inland Revenue Department on the prescribed formInland Revenue Department — monthly sales tax return |
Somalia does not yet operate a full value-added tax. Instead a 5% Sales Tax applies to most goods and services, collected at the point of sale, with a formal VAT system under development with international assistance. Since 18 August 2024 the Federal Ministry of Finance has applied a split-payment mechanism so the tax is remitted immediately at the time of sale.
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Other Somalia computations in the OpenAccountants library.
| Registration threshold | No clearly published mandatory registration turnover threshold; businesses collecting sales tax must register with the IRDInland Revenue Department |
| Reverse charge | No general reverse-charge mechanism — Somalia has a sales tax, not an input/output VAT, so cross-border service reverse charge does not applyFederal Ministry of Finance — Sales Tax |
| Input tax credit | As a single-stage sales tax (not VAT), there is generally no input-tax credit mechanismFederal Ministry of Finance — Sales Tax |
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