Source-cited draft: vat / gst for Suriname (tax year 2025) — rates, thresholds and rules with primary-source citations. Unverified; pending local-accountant review.
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| Value Added Tax (BTW) | Suriname introduced VAT (Belasting over de Toegevoegde Waarde, BTW) on 1 January 2023, replacing the former turnover tax. The standard rate is 10% on goods and 8% on services, with reduced and higher rates for specific categories and a 0% rate on exports. | |
| Standard VAT rate on goods | 10%Value Added Tax Act 2022 (Wet BTW 2022) | |
| Standard VAT rate on services | 8%Value Added Tax Act 2022 (Wet BTW 2022) | |
| Reduced VAT rate | 5% on water, electricity, cooking gas and domestic transportValue Added Tax Act 2022 (Wet BTW 2022) | |
| Luxury VAT rate | 25% on luxury goodsValue Added Tax Act 2022 (Wet BTW 2022) | |
| Zero rate | 0% on exports of goodsValue Added Tax Act 2022 (Wet BTW 2022) | |
| VAT on fuel | 10% (increased 1 July 2024)Value Added Tax Act 2022 (Wet BTW 2022) | |
Suriname introduced VAT (Belasting over de Toegevoegde Waarde, BTW) on 1 January 2023, replacing the former turnover tax. The standard rate is 10% on goods and 8% on services, with reduced and higher rates for specific categories and a 0% rate on exports.
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Other Suriname computations in the OpenAccountants library.
| VAT registration threshold |
| SRD 1,000,000 of taxable turnover per calendar yearValue Added Tax Act 2022 (Wet BTW 2022) |
| Non-resident digital-services registration threshold | SRD 500,000 for non-resident providers of digital/electronic servicesValue Added Tax Act 2022 (Wet BTW 2022) |
| Filing/declaration period | Monthly (calendar month)Value Added Tax Act 2022 (Wet BTW 2022) |
| Return and payment deadline | Return filed between the 1st and 15th and payment due by the 16th of the month following the periodValue Added Tax Act 2022 (Wet BTW 2022) |
| Reverse charge | Recipient self-accounts for VAT on certain imported services / supplies by non-residentsValue Added Tax Act 2022 (Wet BTW 2022) |
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